Page Farm and Home Museum to Host Brown Bag Lunch on Women Farmers
Contact: George Manlove at (207) 581-3751
ORONO — The UMaine Page Farm and Home Museum on the Orono campus is hosting a brown bag lunch discussion at noon Tuesday, April 13, on the increasing number of women in agriculture in Maine. The public is invited to the free event.
Vivianne Holmes of the Maine chapter of the National Women’s Agriculture Network, or WagN, who has worked with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension as an associate extension educator since 1981, will lead the discussion. She has worn the hats of professor, coach, mentor, writer, advocate, volunteer, garden guide for low-income families and has offered guidance to women in agriculture and lesbian farmers.
Holmes observes that across the country, women are the largest and fastest-growing group of people buying small farms, with 10 percent of farms now solely owned by a woman. Some statistics indicate that in 10 years, more than half of all American farmland will be owned by women.
People can bring a bag lunch from home or order one — a large sub (chicken salad, roast beef, tuna, ham, or vegetarian), chips, fruit, beverage and dessert — from the Page Farm Museum for $4.50. To order or for more information call 581-4100.