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Fact Finder: Women in Farming
Posted: 10.05.2011 at 1:00 AM
Updated: 10.05.2011 at 2:00 PM
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See Why Northern Michigan is Leading the Way

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We have been growing food for thousands of years to put food on our tables. In many ways agriculture is worlds apart from where it began, but recently it's undergoing another transformation, one that begins with the farmer.   There are an increasing number of women operated farms and northern Michigan is helping lead the way.  See why in this Fact Finder Report.  

Here's more information about The Farm at Echo Bend.  

Here's more information on The Michigan Land Use Institute's "Get Farming Program." 

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