Monthly Archives: July 2018
All Cooped Up: Gender and Chicken Industry after the Second World War
After the Second World War, the development of agribusiness exploded with unprecedented ferocity. Out of all of the changes that agribusinesses attempted to impress upon farming communities, a reorientation of gender roles may be the most profound. Continue reading
Posted in Food Studies
Tagged agribusiness, agriculture, farm labor, history, poultry, technology
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Farm Institutes and Rural Women: The Case of Rural New York State
Targeting farm women was deemed a best practice for farmer’s institutes. Continue reading
Posted in education, Uncategorized
Tagged extension, farm institutes, home economics, railroads
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