Pre-Order Your Montana Women In Agriculture Calendar Today!

Hey, Ya'll!

Remember that super awesome Women in Agriculture Calendar I've written about a few times?

Well, the final proof is in and it's time to begin pre-ordering!!!

Here's a sneak peak at the cover of the calendar....


Beautiful photo of lambs and Montana rangeland!

I have no idea what month I'm in, or what any of the images look like, so it'll be a surprise to me, too, at the unveiling of the calendars coming up in about two weeks at the Montana Farmers Union Annual Convention.

But YOU don't have to wait for the convention. You don't even have to attend the convention (but I hope you consider it! You can register for the conference on the MFU website, right after you order your calendar!). You can Pre-Order your calendar RIGHT NOW on the MFU website by clicking on the words Montana Farmers Union in the above paragraph. Yep. Right up there. Right above this paragraph. Just look for the Women in Agriculture Calendar image as the banner scrolls through. (Hint: It's the second image!) Click on that and it'll take you to the pre-order page! Then, you'll go on to check out via PayPal.

For only $20.00, this beautifully photographed calendar, featuring some of Montana's most beautiful women, can be yours! And, proceeds help fund women's leadership and women's education programs within Montana Farmers Union.

If you don't want to pre-order yourself, you can wait a few weeks and maybe I'll do another post on the calendars once I've seen the final product myself. Or, just let me know if you want one and I'll be sure to include one for you in my order. I'd do that for you.

So, what do you say? Aren't you as curious as I am to see who is featured in each month? To learn about what female farmers in Montana are up to? To see all the many varied types of agriculture Montana possesses?

If you answered yes to any of those questions, you need to get one of these calendars.

C'mon-- Help a gal out!

A Few Good Women

Many of you know already that I am very interested in women's roles in Agriculture, so when I stumbled on this article on Mother Jones, I had to share it on the blog! Here's the link: THIS IS WHAT A FARMER LOOKS LIKE. There are some really great photos of women being badasses on the farm, AND the lady behind the images is from Central Iowa, my childhood Home Sweet Home! Pretty cool, huh?

So, if you read in the article, this lady Marji Guyler-Alaniz, started a great group called FarmHer. I am all about this, of course, and promptly joined the mailing list. I think we should let her know about the Women In Ag Calendar we are doing for Montana Farmers Union, too. Maybe she could come speak at our Women's Conference sometime... Wheels are turning.

Anyway, I just think it's so cool that Ms. Alaniz is doing what she's doing, and the images of FarmHers on her website are absolutely beautiful.

One woman who is indirectly involved in Agriculture, but who is making a difference to female farmers and her community is Sarah Calhoun of Red Ants Pants in White Sulphur Springs, MT. I've written about her and her business before, in this post: Not A Farmer's Wife. She was just featured in a few interviews with some of the bigwig cable news shows-- Bloomberg, CNBC... etc. I think the Bloomberg one is a little better interview. Check it out here: MBAs Build Success by Giving Back to Small Business Sarah describes in brief the how and the why behind Red Ants Pants and the images of her product and the Red Ants Pants website are pretty good, too.

Some questions to get you thinking...

Are you a FarmHer? If you are a woman, what sort of agricultural endeavors do you pursue? Farming? Ranching? Gardening? If you're a man, how do you recognize or encourage women in ag? If you're not involved in agriculture directly, how do you support the industry? Do you purchase food, fiber, or fuel at a farmers market? Do you attend field-days in nearby farms or communities to learn more about agriculture? What women do you see in ag, and what are their roles?

I am constantly amazed by how hard my friend Stennie is willing to work around this place during her time here, speaking of Rural Women who Rock. We'll leave you with this parting image...