This story was originally published by UGA Today. If you’re like most Americans, you probably don’t give too much thought to where your food comes from. And you likely pay even less attention to the ...
Rural women are indispensable to global food systems, acting as farmers, custodians of forest and natural resources, income providers, and primary ...
A combine harvests soybeans near Wyoming, Iowa, in October 2023. New University of Iowa research looks into what women farmers in Iowa are stressed about. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette) Buy Photo Heavy ...
Many are using food to preserve memory, pass down ancestral knowledge, and drive climate innovation in their communities.
Amna Khatoon from Muzaffarpur, Bihar, makes bangles for a wholesaler during the lean agricultural season. If she could procure the raw materials on her own, she could open a small shop, turn in a ...
A study has found that women exposed to pesticides during farm work in Brazil’s Paraná state have a 60% higher risk of developing breast cancer, and a 220% higher risk of metastasis. While they don’t ...
After raising biological and foster children on a farm 60 kilometres from the nearest major town, Tracey Angwin says being ...
Theresa Marryshow is the owner of T's EcoGarden and the president of GRENWROP.(Original Photo via Six Senses Spa/Design by theGrio) Theresa Marryshow remembers a time when reaching the age of 100 was ...
Women in Narayanpet rewrite their story by managing Telangana's first women-run petrol bunk, defying stereotypes and ...
Gujarat's women farmers, including Navalben Chaudhary, are thriving in dairy farming, earning millions and transforming rural ...
Nithya, a mother from rural Tamil Nadu, transformed her life by joining a masonry training program offered by a Community Skills School. This initiative, part of the Vazhndhu Kattuvom program ...