A self-proclaimed “jumper-inner,” Alice Tripp made her mark as a grassroots activist and self-taught farmer. She was a key leader of a movement opposing the CU Powerline, which began construction on western Minnesota farmland in the early 1970s.
Hannah Jensen Kempfer was the first woman from rural Minnesota elected to the state legislature, serving nine terms in the Minnesota legislature between 1922 and 1942.
Rosalinda Guillen is a farmworker and justice leader as well as the Executive Director of Community to Community Development.
Mohamath, as the food justice coordinator for the Rainier Beach Action Coalition (RBAC) works directly with Black, Brown, Indigenous and other people of color farmers and advocates to support them.
Helen Wilson achieved recognition as a leading figure in the Women’s Division of the New Zealand Farmers’ Union and, in later years, as a writer.
1800s New Zealand market gardener and farmer
New Zealand farmer, community worker and philanthropist
Sarah O’Connell ran a notable dairy, having 50 cows milking in 1856.
New Zealand farmer and mill owner
1800s New Zealand farmer, midwife and shopkeeper