Be Counted: Female Farmers and the 2017 Farm Census
We can close the gender gap by closing the data gap. A discussion with Barbara Rater, the Director of the Census and Survey Division at USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) on the importance of women farmers, farmers of color and indigenous farmers completing the upcoming census.
SHOW NOTES
Hosts, Audra Mulkern and Kate Doughty
GUESTS
Barbara Rater is the Director of the Census and Survey Division at USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS). Appointed in 2015, Barbara provides leadership and oversight to the agency’s Census Planning, Survey Administration, and Data Collection branches. She is responsible for sustaining the high quality of NASS’s census and survey data collection processes by serving as the central point of contact for operations and support activities.
LINKS AND RESOURCES
Counting All Farmers - Capturing the Many Faces of Agriculture in the 2017 Census
New Mexico Minority Producers Severely Undercounted in Agricultural Census
Diné a force in Arizona agriculture, Navajo Times - 2009
Cherokee Nation encourages farmers, ranchers to be counted on USDA Agriculture Census- 2013
What happened to America’s black farmers?
A Profile of Female Farmers in America - 1985
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The ProgAGanda Ministers
Ellen of Rosmann Family Farms in Iowa in front of her farm-to-table restaurant with Debbie and Audra while on the Female Farmer Project Tour.
IN GRATITUDE
Thank you to Barbara Rater for taking time out of her busy day to share her experiences and valuable information to empower women farmers.
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MUSIC
Thank you to Joe Mulkern for writing and performing our theme and show song.
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