Women of the Harvest Inspiring Stories of Contemporary Farmers

Energy-efficient homebuilder and photographer Cathy Phillips lives in Yellow Springs, Ohio, where she homeschools her daughter, Nadia, walks her dog, Ivy, and tolerates their backyard chickens. Holly L. Bollinger, agricultural journalist and sanguine mother of two, lives and writes in New Franklin, Missouri. Her published books include John Deere Tractors: The First Generation of Power and Outhouses. Writer, video editor, and pioneering women’s studies instructor Susan Gartner can often be found eating lox and bagels with her friend, Cathy Phillips. She lives in Yellow Springs, Ohio.Lauren Heaton is an associate editor of the Yellow Springs News. She has also written for Tricycle, the Dayton City Paper, and the Antiochian. She lives in Yellow Springs, Ohio.Bethany Weaver-Culpepper, a Wright State University graduate, lives in Tipp City, Ohio. As a mother of three girls, she is inspired to write for women and future women. MaryJane Butters is the founder of MaryJanesFarm, which provides produce for an 18-family CSA and has its own magazine and website (www.maryjanesfarm.org). She is also the author of MaryJane’s Ideabook, Cookbook, Lifebook. MaryJane operates an apprentice program where people learn about organic farming. She lives in Moscow, Idaho.