3/9/23 - AFF - Empowering Women And People Of Color In Farming
American Family Farmer
English - March 09, 2023 21:56 - 35 minutes - 32.4 MB - ★★★★ - 13 ratingsFood Arts locavore foodie health food healthy living Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Host and American Family Farmer, Doug Stephan www.eastleighfarm.com begins with news about a USDA report that shows our country’s largest farms are providing 20% of the crops and smaller farms account for the rest, a long time Kentucky farm is suspending its horse racing operations due to the inability to hire skilled staff, an Ohio mink farm has been vandalized and 40k mink go free. Next, we meet Kesha Cobb, Arkansas National Women in Agriculture Association Chairperson. https://www.nwiaa.org/ She is a Mother, Minister, Motivational Speaker, Author, Philanthropist, Financial Empowerment Advocate, Entrepreneur and Human Rights Activist. She talks about her own farming activities and explains how NWIAA works to empower Women and People of Color to become successful farmers. Finally, Farmer Doug opines about the need to have clear job descriptions for all workers on your farm.