Women find big role in small and midsize farms

Women find big role in small and midsize farms
In downtown Cleveland, 26-year-old Beth Lomske manages a two-acre demonstration farm owned by the Cleveland Botanical Garden. Brian Peshek
Women find big role in small and midsize farms
In downtown Cleveland, 26-year-old Beth Lomske manages a two-acre demonstration farm owned by the Cleveland Botanical Garden. Brian Peshek

Women find big role in small and midsize farms

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The number of farms owned and operated by women has tripled in the U.S. in recent decades, though the sales from women-owned farms account for only 3 percent of the total. But these women are helping small and midsize farms transition in a changing economy.

Julie Grant of the public radio program The Allegheny Front takes a look at the impact women are having in running smaller farms.

— Here & Now