Their happiest days: Life in rural Oklahoma at the turn of the century
My family and I traveled to Beaver’s Bend State Park in Southeastern Oklahoma in April, and we found ourselves at a the Forest Heritage Center, which is a community museum […]
Category Archives: agriculture
Guest post: ‘Me Farmer, You Jane’ by Neysa King Czerw
(Editor’s note: This is the first guest post of what I hope to be regular contributions from readers. Neysa King Czerw writes the fantastic blog Dissertation to Dirt about sustainable […]
Laura Ingalls Wilder and feminism on the prairie
The Little House on the Prairie books were my Harry Potter, my Twilight, my Boxcar Children, my Babysitter Club, all wrapped into one. Laura Ingalls Wilder was not only my […]
Chatter: ‘Farmer Jane,’ slow feminism, props to Betty Crocker and sterile hamsters
On the farm: “Farmer Jane,” a new book by Temra Costa, explores why there are so many women in the sustainable food movement. From farmers to policy makers, authors to […]
