| Farming began to greatly evolve at the rise of the Green Revolution, when a demand in high food production rates, pesticides and neoliberal policies were introduced to farming. Farming has also evolved due to the fact that most farmers today are women; farming is no longer a masculinized occupation. I will write about how women farmers in Brazil, India and in the United States illustrate the current-day plights women farmers face. Contemporary farming goals of women farmers include the boycotting of neoliberal agribusinesses by farming organically or farming without pesticide or genetically modified seeds. Other farming issues and feminist goals include gender discrimination, achieving land rights and rebranding the derogatory notion of feminized labor. I argue that today, women farmers are asserting a strong farming feminism that addresses such issues of agribusinesses, neoliberal policies, gender discrimination and land rights. Farming feminism is possible through the action of women farmers speaking out, scholars such as myself raising awareness and organizations holding events for women farmers. |
