Annie's Project Schools Farmgirls in FarmBiz

From what I hear, Indiana is slow to embrace and support alternative farming. But I did see this audio file and press release in Inside Indiana Business about a series of workshops for women in farming. The seven workshops throughout the state – with programs on financial records management and keeping track of production – are held under the auspices of Annie’s Project, which was inspired by a farmgirl who married into the farming business. More and more women are like Annie, who marry into the farming business, find themselves inheriting a family farm or are attracted to the rural life. A 2002 USDA census of agriculture found that more than a quarter of American farmers and ranchers are women, some 850,000 female farmers.