Cover Story - May 2009: WOMEN’S CHANGING ROLE ON THE FARM – from helpmate to full-time manager

Both on the farm and in industry organizations, women are increasingly taking an equal role and bringing their own set of skills to the task

By MARY BAXTER

If a male trucker picking up a shipment from Nightingale Farms ever makes the mistake of asking Carmina Halstead to fetch the boss, he’d better be prepared for a long stay. The diminutive 25-year-old has been known to make those who assume she’s an office “chick” wait up to three hours to load.