Why Women Grow: Stories of Soil, Sisterhood and Survival

Why Women Grow: Stories of Soil, Sisterhood and Survival

Women have always gardened, but our stories have been buried with our work. Alice Vincent is on a quest to change to understand what encourages women to go out, work the soil, plant seeds and nurture …

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