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dc.contributor.advisorNagel, Joane
dc.contributor.authorStamper, Ruth M.
dc.date.accessioned2018-01-28T22:05:43Z
dc.date.available2018-01-28T22:05:43Z
dc.date.issued2016-05-31
dc.date.submitted2016
dc.identifier.otherhttp://dissertations.umi.com/ku:14523
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1808/25740
dc.description.abstractAccording to the 2012 United States Agricultural Census, women are a growing demographic in sustainable agriculture and a shrinking one in conventional agriculture. Relative to the number of female farmers, women are farming sustainably at a higher rate than men. Through in-depth interviews with sustainable farmers in Kansas and Missouri, this research examines explicit motivations and illustrates how habitus has influences women’s agricultural trajectory and changes the community and the developing local food systems they participate in. I find that women may seek out sustainable farming as an extension of care-work for their family, community, and/or environment. Though first-time farmers and those from farming families express opposing ideological motivations, in many ways they function in collaboration with each other to educate, share best practices, and build awareness and demand for locally grown sustainable food.
dc.format.extent47 pages
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherUniversity of Kansas
dc.rightsCopyright held by the author.
dc.subjectSociology
dc.subjectCare-work
dc.subjectGender
dc.subjectHabitus
dc.subjectReligions Stewardship
dc.subjectSecular Environmentalism
dc.subjectSustainable Agriculture
dc.titleTwo Paths to Sustainable Farming: Gender, Care-work, and Finding Common Ground in the Bible Belt
dc.typeThesis
dc.contributor.cmtememberStock, Paul
dc.contributor.cmtememberNajafizadeh, Mehrangiz
dc.thesis.degreeDisciplineSociology
dc.thesis.degreeLevelM.A.
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dc.rights.accessrightsopenAccess


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