Katelynn Mudgett created a presentation on the trials, importance, and contributions of female farmers. While there was a lot of information to include, she chose details that showed this is a serious topic. Female farmers currently produce over 80% of the world's food but face many challenges. They have limited access to resources and training. However, programs that provide better access, such as a coffee cooperative in the 1980s, allowed female farmers to improve their operations and make contributions to the local economy. Increasing support for female farmers is needed to help address world hunger issues.

1. The Trials,
Importance, and
Contributions of
Female Farmers
By: Katelynn Mudgett

2. Cover letter
Dear Teacher,
Overall, I did a great job working on this project on the trials,
importance, and contributions of female farmers. It was a little difficult only
because there was so much information I wanted to sure but I had to pick
and choose what information made it into the presentation. On a couple of
slides, I had a few more words than I needed but other than that, I think I did
well with what I choose. What was put the slides certainly shows that this is a
serious topic for me. I decided to do my own presentation because I wanted
to give as much information as possible on my topic and not just do a few
slides like the groups did for each of their topics. I enjoyed other people’s
presentation when they had an environmental the most. Still, the one fact
that caught my attention was the fact there is a certain sheet that has been
made for hospitals where it acts like shark skin where bacteria doesn’t stick
to the surface.
From,
Katelynn Mudgett

3.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMpZ0TGj
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4. Women farmers make important
contributions
In today’s world, they produce over
80% of the food in the world
They make the food purchasing
decisions for the farm household.

5. Being female holds many women
back around the world
 a couple of decades ago when rural women in European countries
such as Italy and Germany were still not considered workers or
farmers, only their husbands.
 With agroforestry in Africa, men are considered the owners of tree
production. Most of the money that is made by women goes back to
the male head of the land.
 In many cultures, economic and social resources and connections
are extremely limited which limits their ability to have their own
income & to be able to focus on important things such as education.

6. Better access can improve the farm
operations of female farmers
 A company called Allegro Coffee in the 1980's decided to send their coffee to
American consumers while paying the farmers a fair price. It was such a
success that a group called the Codemu's Women Group joined the company
as a collaborator.
 The group consisted of 75 female coffee growers that, through the company,
were able to create a café which became so popular that it is now considered a
staple in the local community today and attracts tourists regularly.
 This shows that those women farmers not only contribute to the amount of food
grown, but also contribute to the local economy.

7. Women farmers are needed to
help solve world hunger
“If we want to address hunger, it's not just about the world
producing more food - we know we've actually got enough food
in the world - it's about how it's distributed.”
 Female farmers grow up to 80% of the world in the
developing countries, yet only 5% actually receive training
and services which limits distribution
 Access is needed for female farmers because 1 out of 8
people die every day from no food and over 2 million children
die every year.

8. FEMALE FARMERS IN
AMERICA In the U.S. Agriculture Department's 2007 Census of Agriculture
report, the government found women farm operators increased 19%
from 2002, far outpacing the 7% increase in the number of farmers
overall.
 Women were the principal operator, the individual in charge of day-
to-day operations, on 14% of farms and ranches compared with 11%
five years earlier.
 By 2027, about 200 million acres of farmland will switch hands with
the owners likely to be mostly women.

9. Representation of American
female farmers
 In February, at the USDA's annual outlook
conference where for the first time, held a 30-
minute session to allow women at the mostly-
male-attended event to network.
 only one female event organizer present
among a group of men.

10. American female farmers hit with
recent blow
 In September, the House and Senate “approved separate versions of the nearly
$1 trillion, ten-year farm bill that scale back or eliminate programs that help
many women farmers stay in business.”
 government program called Conservative Reserve Program that pays farmers
to basically not farm. Funding has been cut by $2.7 billion dollars that will
decrease over the next ten years.
 $4.5 billion annual direct payment program where they are paid according to
the difference between the farm bill prices and the market prices.
 About 44.5% of women-operated farms and ranches receive payment for
programs like the direct payment one according to a 2007 agricultural census.

11. A Local Female Farmer
 Amy Fiedler Johnston is the farmer and owner of
Springhouse Farm, about 20 min. away from Boone
 Grows vegetables, raises chickens, does
beekeeping for honey, etc.

12. Thanks!