Download or read book On the Farm Front written by Stephanie A. Carpenter and published by Northern Illinois University Press. This book was released on 2018-12-17 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rosie the Riveter is an icon for women's industrial contribution to World War II, but history has largely overlooked the three million women who served on America's agricultural front. The Women's Land Army sent volunteers to farms, canneries, and dairies across the country, accounting for the majority of wartime agricultural labor. On the Farm Front tells for the first time the remarkable story of these women who worked to ensure both "Freedom from Want" at home and victory abroad. Formed in 1943 as part of the Emergency Farm Labor Program, the WLA placed its workers in areas where American farmers urgently needed assistance. Many farmers in even the most desperate areas, however, initially opposed women working their land. Rural administrators in the Midwest and the South yielded to necessity and employed several hundred thousand women as farm laborers by the end of the war, but those in the Great Plains and eastern Rocky Mountains remained hesitant, suffering serious agricultural and financial losses as a consequence. Lynne Carpenter reveals for the first time how the WLA revolutionized the national view of farming. By accepting all available women as agricultural workers, farmers abandoned traditional labor and stereotypical social practices. When the WLA officially disbanded in 1945, many of its women chose to remain in their agricultural jobs rather than return to a full-time home life or prewar employment. On the Farm Front illuminates the Women's Land Army's unique contribution to prosperity and victory, showing how this landmark organization changed the role of women in American society.

Download or read book Going to the Farm Front written by United States. Department of Agriculture and published by . This book was released on 1943 with total page 4 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book The New Farm written by Brent Preston and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2018-03-27 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This “must-read” memoir of human-scale agriculture offers an insider’s view of today’s food system by a leading voice in sustainable farming (Daniel Boulud). After years of working at the ends of the earth in human rights and development, Brent Preston and his wife were die-hard city dwellers. But when their second child arrived, the shine came off urban living. In 2003 they bought a hundred acres and a rundown farmhouse, determined to build a farm that would sustain their family, nourish their community, heal their environment—and turn a profit. The New Farm is Preston’s memoir of a decade of toil and perseverance. Farming is a complex and precarious business, and they made plenty of mistakes along the way. But as they learned how to grow food, and to succeed at the business of farming, they also found that a small, sustainable, organic farm could be an engine for change, a path to a more just and sustainable food system. Today, The New Farm supplies top restaurants, supports community food banks, hosts events with leading chefs, and grows extraordinary produce. Told with humor and heart, The New Farm is a joy, a passionate book by an important new voice.

Download or read book VFV on the Farm Front written by and published by . This book was released on 1944 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Going to the Farm Front written by United States. Department of Agriculture and published by . This book was released on 1943 with total page 4 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Let s Look at the Farm Front written by Canada. National War Finance Committee and published by . This book was released on 1943 with total page 15 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book How to Fight on the Farm Front written by Colorado State College (Fort Collins, Colo.). Extension Service and published by . This book was released on 1943 with total page 6 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Going Our Way written by and published by . This book was released on 1945 with total page 3 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book V F V on the Farm Front Victory Farm Volunteers of the U S Crop Corps written by United States. Extension Service and published by . This book was released on 1944 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Serve on the Farm Home Front written by United States. Bureau of Home Economics and published by . This book was released on 1943 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Serve on the Farm Home Front written by and published by . This book was released on 1943 with total page 1 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book V Victory F Farm V Volunteers on the Farm Front written by Etats-Unis. Department of agriculture and published by . This book was released on 1944 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Rainbow on the Farm written by Seth A.P. Miller and published by . This book was released on 2020-04 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Join Us on the Farm Front written by United States. Extension Service and published by . This book was released on 1944 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Farm as Ecosystem written by Jerry Brunetti and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nature is complex, elegant, and infinite in its wisdom. Farmers who are truly successful learn nature¿s many facets and her intricate dance; they crack the code of how to honor and feed this boundless natural system while coaxing the production needed for the survival of a modern farm. Natural product formulator and farm consultant Jerry Brunetti wraps together a lifetime of learning and his uncanny observations in this fascinating volume on the interconnected dynamics in place on a farm ¿ the farm¿s geology, biology, and diversity of life forms. Learn to look at ¿ and manage ¿ your farm very differently through gaining a deeper understanding of the complementary roles of all facets of your farm. With his unique perspective the author takes readers on an advanced journey through a farming ecosystem describing it with principles, stories, facts and science . . . and dotted throughout with realworld advice. This is a book which will be enjoyable to browse while rich enough to want to have a highlighter in hand.