Social Eats: Edible Education 101 Lecture with Gail Myers, Nikiko Masumoto, and Annabelle Lenderink

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Hello Social Eat Members!

Don't miss The New Face of America Agriculture: Women Farmers with Gail Myers, Nikiko Masumoto, and Annabelle Lenderink!

Women operate one in ten farms in America—and this number is steadily increasing: the number of US farms operated by women nearly tripled over the past three decades, from 5 percent in 1978 to 14 percent by 2007. Many women are drawn to farming as a way to support their family and to strengthen their community. Globally, scholars like Olivier De Schutter and Raj Patel have suggested that enabling more women to enter the farming workforce could radically change developing economies and reduce hunger.

What influences does this influx of women farmers bring to agriculture in the United States? And how is their participation in farming apt to change our culture and society in the future? What challenges do female farmers face because of their gender?

Before finding a seat check in at the Social Eats table in Wheeler Hall, outside of the auditorium. Directly after the lecture, in partnership with Good Eggs, join fellow Social Eats members for drinks at Comal in downtown Berkeley.

See you then!

Emilie

 

    

When
April 28th, 2014 from  6:30 PM to  8:00 PM
Location
Wheeler Auditorium @ UC Berkeley
Bancroft Way
Berkeley, CA 94720
United States
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Event Fee
Single Attendee $5.00