...In late June, the Harris couple hosted the first In Her Boots event of summer 2018 at their dairy farm, Wylymar Farms. Forty-eight women had signed up, though the weather kept a few of them away.
In Her Boots started in 2009, originally called the MOSES Rural Women`s Project. The USDA estimates that women are the principal operators of about 14 percent of the farms in the U.S., and in total make up 30 percent of farmers in the country.
MOSES is short for Midwest Organic & Sustainable Education Service. The goal of In Her Boots is to "provide training, outreach and a voice for women in organic and sustainable agriculture."....
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