Harper: When the farm calls you home
By Tiffany Harper in the Register-Guard, February 27, 2019
Leaving the family farm for more stable and lucrative opportunities is nothing new.
As a young farmer, I knew that many people leave the farm to find more promising jobs, but I also had other reasons to question my future in agriculture. Not only was I female, I was a biracial female who did not fit the stereotype of a “traditional farmer.”