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Heritage grains can be harder to produce in vast quantities – einkorn, especially, is “a bitch to harvest” – but they do have advantages over conventional wheats. They typically have deep roots and grow tall, which means they shade out weeds and do not require chemical sprays. The end product is more nutritious and then there’s the taste. Since 2017, Glencross has run a roving supper club called the Sustainable Food Story with Sadhbh Moore, and Duchess Farms has worked closely with bakeries such as E5 Bakehouse in east London and Gail’s, and restaurants including Doug McMaster’s Silo. “Heritage grains are delicious: when you stop growing for yield and you start growing for quality the flavour is insane,” says Glencross. Leslie, Isaac Sohn. 2017. Queer farmers: Sexuality and the transition to sustainable agriculture. Rural Sociology 82 (4): 747–771. Tambuzi is a small specialist rose supplier in Kenya that employs 300 workers on a full-time basis, indirectly benefiting 3,000 people. Karen Roses comprises of 6 farms in Kenya supplying cut flowers to the UK, Europe and Middle East. New Fairtrade research reveals a large group of women are being left behind by the chocolate industry Last year, the CEO of Aviva and Chair of the ‘Women In Finance Climate Action Group’ led a session at COP 26 urging for climate finance to have a gender lens.

Cathy Pieters, Senior Director, Sustainable Ingredients and Cocoa Life, Mondelez International, 2021 [footnote 74] SACCOs are formal Savings and Credit Co-Operative Society that are member-based financial institutions ↩Sam Ludlow Taylor, Senior Manager, Human Rights Programmes, John Lewis Partnership (John Lewis and Waitrose) It has been estimated that women spend on average 1.5 more time on domestic (unpaid work) than men (26hoursvs 10), while when considering household and farming and other non-farm tasks together, female working hours exceed those of men by nearly 30%. Yet their work feeding their families and the country remains undervalued and largely overlooked by the government. https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/980198/Guidance3-Women–Net-Zero-Economy-Briefing1.pdf ↩ At first, most of their customers were Muslim, including people who had converted but were still eating with a non-Muslim family, so were looking for turkey, goose or steak: “Things that Muslims weren’t traditionally buying, but they still wanted to make sure that good welfare and memory of God had been observed.”

Women are disproportionately negatively affected by climate change due to intersections between gender, power dynamics, socio-economic structures, and societal norms and expectations. [footnote 5] [footnote 6] As the research in this report shows, women in agricultural supply chains face a number of challenges including a gender gap in access to and control of economic assets including land, tools, credit, and digital technologies. [footnote 7] [footnote 8] These gaps exist in large part due to prevailing social norms that determine women’s role in society. Beach, S.S. 2013. “Tractorettes” or partners? Farmers’ views on women in Kansas farming households. Rural Sociology 78 (2): 210–228.

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From coats and waterproofs, to fleeces, hats and versatile work overalls, our collection of farming clothes is your one-stop shop for practical, durable workwear, as well as stylish country fits for on and around the farm. We call on the UK Government and chocolate companies to join the Alliance on Living Incomes in Cocoa, a new international initiative This report provides powerful testimony from women farmers of the daily struggles they face due to climate change, and sets out emerging responses and recommendations for action. Achieving a gender-just approach to climate change in supply chains will require concerted action by multiple stakeholders. There is no time to wait. Learning to farm from scratch has not been straightforward, but you sense that’s a big part of the appeal for Glencross. “There’s all these decisions the farmer makes throughout the year and why he sprays and why he doesn’t,” she says. “You realise that most people get up, sit at a computer all day and if they press the wrong button, they just delete it. When you’re a farmer, you plant at the wrong time of year and tomorrow it washes away your whole crop.”

Climate change is the most consequential threat multiplier for women and girls, with far- reaching impacts on new and existing forms of gender inequities… The cumulative and gendered consequences of climate change and environmental degradation breach all aspects of the rights of women and girls. However imperfect, India’s past agricultural regulations at least ensured that crop sale prices nationwide in India remained close to the price floor set by the government, said the Mahila Kisan Adhikar Manch – an informal grouping of some 120 women farmers organizations and their allies – in a statement. Pilgeram, Ryanne, and Bryan Amos. 2015. Beyond “inherit it or marry it”: Exploring how women engaged in sustainable agriculture access farmland. Rural Sociology 80 (1): 16–38. A similar outcome was found by the International Finance Corporation (IFC) in the coffee sector in Indonesia, where productivity increased 131 percent for groups which trained both men and women, whereas it increased 95 percent for men- only groups. [footnote 18] Women are not just disproportionately affected by climate change, but also in their ability to respond through climate mitigation and adaptation strategies. A gender gap in access to and control of assets, including land, machinery, credit and digital technologies, is contributing to this. Leadership, assets and credithttps://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/924704/Hidden-in-plain-sight.pdf ↩ Less access to training and lower educational attainment, e.g. less time for climate-smart training due to more time spent on household responsibilities and restrictions on mobility. Male farmers often take priority for training opportunities as they are perceived to hold higher value/productive roles It’s common for sharecroppers tobe polygamous andhave more thanonewife or partner, and these women are seen as providing additional unpaid labour. Research suggests that as ‘junior’ wives they may have little choice or control and are particularly disempowered, turning them invisible. Pilgeram, Ryanne, Katherine Dentzman, and Paul Lewin. 2022. Women, race and place in US agriculture. Agriculture and Human Values 39: 1341–1355.