Big sky. Big rain. Big wind.
Stormy day on the plains today.
Rural Literacies and RWZ – Comment from an author
The comments to this blog are so hard to find I decided to publish this one as a post. Thanks for reading our book and for finding it valuable! Thank you for your work, which has inspired us. I appreciate what you wrote about the third and a half world. I grew up with a…
Stricken by the muse – AI by (e)dith (e)laine cummings
Artificial Insemination in the Dairy Industry By edith elaine cummings dead? Every minute piece of life which itself must call a state submicroscopic is – compared with warm seen fluids a question unto itself a test of faith to take a frozen stick from boiling metal vessel cold cloudy climate creates fulsomeness and profession of…
Equity for Women Farmers
Equity for women farmers and information about woman-owned farms from Farm World
Women farmers share stories of discrimination
Women farmers in Ohio share stories of facing discrimination near the farm OXFORD, Ohio — Stories of women farmers facing discrimination are many. Debra Bowles raises goats; years ago, she visited a feed store to ask for information about feed and nutrition. The men there, sitting on stools and eating peanuts, nearly laughed her out…
Rural Literacies and The Rural Womyn Zone
By Jane Lane This Sustainable Rural Living section of the Rural Womyn Zone website is in the process of being updated after a couple of years of neglect during what I call “my cancer year” and the year after it, while I regained my energy, my focus, and ability to do more than one thing…
It’s a Long, Long Way to Towanda, Kansas: The price of neglecting rural America
In order to cross the Plains, you have to take plenty of water and your own chemical toilet. The old folks regale youngsters with tales of peaceful towns and Main Street businesses and interstate cafes and truck stops.
Ag Census: Growing Diversity in U.S. Farming
Census of Agriculture Shows Growing Diversity in U.S. Farming The USDA press release issued this month claims that farms are becoming more diverse: WASHINGTON, Feb. 4, 2009 – The number of farms in the United States has grown 4 percent and the operators of those farms have become more diverse in the past five years,…
Rural Woman Zone 