I just tripped across this farm near Santa Cruz, Dirty Girl Produce. Love the name and the history of Farmgirl founders Ali Edwards and Jane Freedman.
There’s a story in the 1997 MetroActive about the farm when it was beginning to break even.
“There is a phenomenal group of powerful women active in [this field] in the state of California,” Bob Scowcroft of the Organic Farm Research Foundation was quoted saying.
The article then asks: Why are so many women entering the field of organic farming?
Possibly the newness of organics.
“There are no institutional barriers. It’s still an open field,” Scowcroft said. “Anyone with a strong back, land, a little money and vision can go into it.”
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