In the Tractor Seat: Women Farmers Take the Steering Wheel
Series: Women's History Month Special
From: A World of Possibilities
Length: 00:55:00
For generations they were called, "Farm Wives." But these days women are starting up the tractors and taking the reins of responsibility for farming in their own right. Join us to hear women farmers tell their stories of success and ingenuity in the face of the daunting challenges of sustaining small farms in an age of industrial agriculture.
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For generations they were called, "Farm Wives." But these days women are starting up the tractors and taking the reins of responsibility for farming in their own right. Join us to hear women farmers tell their stories of success and ingenuity in the face of the daunting challenges of sustaining small farms in an age of industrial agriculture.
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Review of In the Tractor Seat: Women Farmers Take the Steering Wheel"In the Tractor Seat" is part of the independent series, ?A World of Possibilities? whose objective is to bring new voices and views to the air. This piece is primarily in four segments each featuring an interview with a woman farmer. The interviewer has a relaxed interview style and a pleasant voice. The show could benefit from some tighter editing in order to eliminate some redundancy. Personally, I also feel that the interviewer could challenge the interviewee?s statements, which, in some cases, were more opinion than fact. In general, the program covers an interesting topic, raises some surprising statistics about the number of female farmers and challenges perceptions about woman farmers and the ?farmer?s wife.? |
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Kim Pappin
Posted on February 27, 2009 at 02:29 PM | Permalink
bad audio?
Hi,
I'm previewing your audio for In the Tractor Seat. The audio sounds damaged - maybe corrupted. Take a listen - tell me what you think.
Thanks,
Kim Pappin
Program Director KSJD Dryland Community Radio