145: the last frontier, crossed?

This is a fascinating article! There has been much talk of late about one of the last remaining frontiers in US politics - gender. The UK's Guardian newspaper reports today on another place where gender barriers are still very evident - the farm. But it seems that frontier is being crossed too. More and more women are going into farming in the UK, often through inheritance. And, according to today's linked article, many are successfully evolving their farms as businesses - moving into organics, combining farming and tourism, even opening up their farms to local schools! It's certainly changing the face of British farming, and some feel threatened by that no doubt... Though if - as the article suggests - diversification (in more ways than one) helps the industry survive, criticism may wane ... and the barriers may disappear for good.

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I had to add a little link here, to a 'follow up' story on yesterday's post. There are some lovely articles around today about the reunification of Kashmir Singh with his family - here is one from the BBC. If you go to the BBC story, you'll find some beautiful photos there too. Happy reading!