Young women from across Ontario kept food production going during the war under the farmerette program. Photo: We Lend a Hand.

Women who fed a nation

More than 40,000 young women supported the war effort between the 1940s and early 1950s, helping grow and harvest crops amid labour shortages. They were called Farmerettes.

Stacy Murray, (centre) extension coordinator with Gateway Research Organization demonstrates the use of a petrometer during a GRO-ing Women's agriculture event near Westlock. Karen Letts (left) and Kim Barabas were among the 19 participants who turned up on August 19 to learn about testing soil, feed and seed. 

Photo Credit: Alexis Kienlen

Alberta women GRO-ing the farm

Gateway Research creates a quarterly learning series for women in agriculture

Reading Time: 4 minutes Gateway Research Organization (GRO) has begun hosting GRO-ing Women in Agriculture events exclusively for women in agriculture.