Women Farmers in the News

The MOSES Rural Women’s and the In Her Boots workshop series serve as a venue to champion the story of women in sustainable farming in the media. If you are a member of the media interested in connecting with a women farmer in sustainable agriculture for an interview, please contact Lisa Kivirist.

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Women Landowners Share their Stories in New Videos
A new series of videos gives voice to Iowa women who face daunting challenges as landowners. Part of "Women Caring for the Land" project that the MOSES Rural Women's Project is a partner with the Women, Food & Agriculture Network (WFAN). Featuring WFAN Executive Director Leigh Adcock who will be speaking at the 2013 MOSES Organic Farming Conference.

Ecopreneur Takes Work as One Adventure at a Time October 2012
Womanetics tells the story of Lisa Kivirist path from corporate advertising in Chicago to owning a rural B&B and being the director of the MOSES Rural Women's Project.

Power Couple September 2012
Wisconsin Trails interviews Rural Women's Project Director and her husband on their sustainable lifestyle choices including thier 100-mile diet and thier on farm bed and breakfast.

Four Questions (and a recipe) with Lisa Kivirist September 2012
My Green Side questions Lisa Kivirist on her sustainable lifestyle as well as her position as director of the MOSES Rural Women's Project.

Program for women offers conservation resource August 2012
The Country Today gives an inside look at the recent Women Caring for the Land workshop in Green Bay.

Number of WI Women Owning Farms Increasing Rapidly August 2012
Lisa Kivirist, who directs the MOSES Rural Women's Project, talks with Tim Morrissey of Wisconsin Public News Service about how the In Her Boots and Women Caring for the Land workshops create networking opportunities for the growing number of women farmers.

NBC-15:  Women in Farming with Lisa Kivirist (MOSES Rural Women's Project) & Erin Schneider (Hilltop Community Farm): July 2012

 

The Country Today: July 2012
Wisconsin Farm Women Host Tours

FRESH Farmcast (Farmers Raising Ecologically Sustainable Healthy) Food:
July 2012
"Women in Farming" (MP3 format)
Interview with Lisa Kivirist about the Rural Womens Project and women in farming.

Grist: July 2012
A dry run from hell:  Drought hits the smallest farms the hardest
Farmers connected to MOSES' Rural Women's Project, Dela Ends/Scotch Hill and Joy Reavis/Sugar Maple Emu, discuss how the current drought is affecting their operations. Both farms are on the Soil Sisters tour happening Aug. 5 in southern Wisconsin.

Willy Street Reader: June 2012
"In Her Boots"
Summary piece on the RWP workshop from the 2012 MOSES Organic Farming Conference.

See Jane Do: May 2012
Extraordinary Jane Everyday Women
How to be a Rural Woman -- and Make a Living at it; mentions MOSES RWP in resources.

Wisconsin Electric Cooperative News Magazine
“In Her Boots:  Sustainable Farming For Women, By Women”
August 2011

 

 

 

 

Edible Madison: Fall 2011
“See Jane Grow:  How Wisconsin Women Farmers are Transforming our Food System” by Lisa Kivirist
Cover article

 

 

Wisconsin Public Radio/”Farmland News & Notes” with Steve Roisum
November 15 & 16, 2011
Two-part feature on Wisconsin women farmers; On-farm interviews with Anna Skemp/Deep Roots Community Farm and Jillian Varney/Small Family CSA.

“In Her Boots’ Workshops for Farm Women,” Agri-View
by Jane Fyksen, Crops Editor
July 13, 2011

Wisconsin Public Radio/Larry Meiller Show
July 11, 2011
Guests: Janet Gamble, Turtle Creek Gardens & Lisa Kivirist, MOSES Rural Women’s Project

Willy Street Co-op Reader:  July 2011
“In Her Boots: Sustainable Farming For Women, By Women
July 24th workshop supports women transforming our food system”
By Lisa Kivirist, Willy Street Co-Op Owner and Rural Women’s Project Director, Midwest Organic & Sustainable Education Service (MOSES)
June 30, 2011

AOL Jobs/AOL Huffington Post
September 12, 2011
“Female Farmers:  The New Industry Frontier”

Deep Roots Radio
Sept. 8, 2011

Public News Service
September 8, 2011
“Women Farmers Plough New Wisconsin Ground” by Glen Gardner

Public News Service - Wisconsin
June 29, 2011
WI Organic Farmer Offers a Walk in Her Boots