2023-10-03 19:31
Three Questions About the 'Vermont Female Farmers' Exhibit at Billings Farm and Museum in Woodstock
click to enlarge Courtesy Vermont Female Farmers book cover featuring Liz Guenther of Three Cow Creamery Photographer JuanCarlos González had been interested in agriculture since growing up in Maunabo, Puerto Rico, where his grandmother ran a small farmstand. As the grandson of a rural farmer and the son of a woman who was one of 11 children, the majority of whom were women, he said it "was always in my mind that women can do anything." But he couldn't escape the widespread assumption that farmers must be male — whether from customers in Maunabo or from diners asking where vegetables were sourced at a Vermont restaurant.
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