The Woman Hobby Farmer

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Karen Lanier. The Woman Hobby Farmer

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Welcome, Women

This book is a place to explore the feminine side of working with the land. It is for any gender and any level of farmer or gardener. The gentle wisdom shared here penetrates across boundaries. Why, then, do we need a book about women farmers?

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If you look around at those who inspire you, what are they doing with their lives? When you think about your future, does it look like a typical retirement? When you assess the talents and skills you have accumulated thus far, can you imagine unique combinations that don’t necessarily fit into a box? We all have so much to offer and the potential to grow in healthy ways. Identifying your personal boundaries, where you won’t compromise, can actually open up an immense freedom to explore the ways you can live every day to its fullest. At the risk of sounding like a self-help author, I want to encourage you to always keep your values and intentions a strong priority, no matter what work you do with your life. Our work does not define who we are. We define the meaning of our work.

There is no “normal” farm anymore. Regardless of widespread industrial factory farming, a new wave is rising throughout cities, suburbs, and the countryside. Think permaculture, agroforestry, aquaponics, urban vertical farming. A farm is anything but a series of straight lines, and the same goes for a farmer (curves are nice, aren’t they?). The farm of the 1950s did not look like the farm of the 1850s, and we can define what the farm of 2050 becomes. We are poised at an exciting time in which anything is possible. Hemp or hazelnuts can power our machines. Farmers can sell oak logs inoculated with shiitake spores, and customers can be co-owners and harvest their own food. Scarcity does not define our market or our future. Nothing is set in stone, and everything can be as fluid as you choose or as nature intends. Listen to what the land wants. She would like this to be a continuing conversation with you.

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