The old farmer stereotype of a white guy in overalls has at least one truth to it: The majority of farmers in the U.S. are white males. Yet a growing number of women are joining their ranks.
Women now run about 14 percent of the nation's farms, up from only 5 percent in the 1980s. Most female-run farms tend to be smaller and more diverse, and many are part of the burgeoning organic and local foods movement. Women have long been involved in agriculture, but even just a generation ago, it was harder for women to take leadership roles on the farm.
http://www.npr.org/2011/03/30/134979252/u-s-sees-more-female-farmers-cropping-up
Ellamae Candella, Farmer Phoenix, New York 1972
