Farming Is Female
Twenty Women Shaking Up the Field (a Community, Food, and Climate Book for Kids)
little bee books · Print & ebook · September 30, 2025
Dive deep into food justice with the farmers, homesteaders, and policymakers who are bringing healthy and affordable food to your table!
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- Who it’s for
- Rachel Sarah profiles women reshaping food production, with projects, activities, and recipes alongside their stories.
- Themes
- Food justice, Equity in farming, Climate-conscious agriculture
- Genres
- Farm & Ranch Life, Girls & Young Women, Biographies of Women for Kids
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Dive deep into food justice with the farmers, homesteaders, and policymakers who are bringing healthy and affordable food to your table! Who grew the food you're eating for dinner? Most people don't know. Through interviews with more than twenty women farmers, climate journalist Rachel Sarah shares how modern farmers are changing the way we think about food production.
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Their stories include the struggles of undocumented workers, the shortage of fresh produce in low-income neighborhoods, and the food justice advocates who are feeding communities. These remarkable women farm with a focus on equity and climate consciousness, renouncing the played-out image of the American farmer as Old McDonald. Learn about them and their mission in this middle grade nonfiction book alongside hands-on projects, inspirational activities, and even recipes. Farmers being profiled include Suzanne Willow, Lanita Witt, Ivy Walls, Leah Penniman, Saara Nafici, Tepfirah Haana Rushdan, Kanchan Dawn Hunter, H. Nieto-Friga, María Inés Catalán, Amber Bell, Joanna Letz, Adrionna Fike, Leah Atwood, Dr. Gail Myers, Sheila Tupua-Sulu, Yemi Amu, Elizabeth Couse, Ana Elisa Pérez Quintero, Leslie Wiser, Katie Willis, and Layel Camargo.
Women Changing Farming
Rachel Sarah profiles women reshaping food production, with projects, activities, and recipes alongside their stories.
Come here for
- Interviews with women farmers, homesteaders, and policymakers
- Stories about food justice and climate-conscious farming
Expect
- The struggles of undocumented workers and produce shortages in low-income neighborhoods
- Hands-on projects, inspirational activities, and recipes
Where it sits
| Farm & Ranch Life | 70% |
|---|---|
| Girls & Young Women | 51% |
| Biographies of Women for Kids | 49% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Biographies of Women for Kids
- Farm & Ranch Life
- Farms & Agriculture
- Authors
- Rachel Sarah
- Publisher
- little bee books
- Published
- September 30, 2025
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Food justice · Equity in farming · Climate-conscious agriculture
- Reading lane
- Biographies of Women for Kids