Rural Women produce more than half of all food grown in developed countries, yet own less than a third of all land. Inspired by Paul Harvey and Dodge, Lutheran World Relief recognizes the important contributions all farmers make. Especially women farmers. SCRIPT: And on the eighth day God looked down on his planned paradise and said, "I need a caretaker." So God made a farmer. God said, "I need somebody to get up before dawn, fetch water, work all day in the field, fetch water again, cook supper, go to town and stay past midnight at a meeting at the cooperative." So God made a farmer. God said, "I need somebody to stay up all night with a newborn baby, and feed it from her own breast and say, 'You are mine.' I need somebody who can shape a mortar handle from a baobab branch, husk enough millet to feed her family and sell at the market; who can take abaca fiber and make rope, tea bags or clothing tags; who planting time and harvest season will finish her 40-hour week by Tuesday noon and then paining from crouching back, put in another 72 hours." So God made a farmer. God said, "I need somebody to clear trees and heave bails, yet gentle enough to yean lambs and wean goats and tend the pink-comb pullets, who will stop her husker for an hour to tend to the tend to her children and a never-ending list of household duties. So God made a farmer. It had to be somebody determined enough to grind rock into soil to make arable land. Somebody capable of raising crops while raising a ...
Monday, February 25, 2013
God Made a Farmer - Recognizing Women Farmers
God Made a Farmer - Recognizing Women Farmers Video Clips. Duration : 2.07 Mins.
Rural Women produce more than half of all food grown in developed countries, yet own less than a third of all land. Inspired by Paul Harvey and Dodge, Lutheran World Relief recognizes the important contributions all farmers make. Especially women farmers. SCRIPT: And on the eighth day God looked down on his planned paradise and said, "I need a caretaker." So God made a farmer. God said, "I need somebody to get up before dawn, fetch water, work all day in the field, fetch water again, cook supper, go to town and stay past midnight at a meeting at the cooperative." So God made a farmer. God said, "I need somebody to stay up all night with a newborn baby, and feed it from her own breast and say, 'You are mine.' I need somebody who can shape a mortar handle from a baobab branch, husk enough millet to feed her family and sell at the market; who can take abaca fiber and make rope, tea bags or clothing tags; who planting time and harvest season will finish her 40-hour week by Tuesday noon and then paining from crouching back, put in another 72 hours." So God made a farmer. God said, "I need somebody to clear trees and heave bails, yet gentle enough to yean lambs and wean goats and tend the pink-comb pullets, who will stop her husker for an hour to tend to the tend to her children and a never-ending list of household duties. So God made a farmer. It had to be somebody determined enough to grind rock into soil to make arable land. Somebody capable of raising crops while raising a ...
Rural Women produce more than half of all food grown in developed countries, yet own less than a third of all land. Inspired by Paul Harvey and Dodge, Lutheran World Relief recognizes the important contributions all farmers make. Especially women farmers. SCRIPT: And on the eighth day God looked down on his planned paradise and said, "I need a caretaker." So God made a farmer. God said, "I need somebody to get up before dawn, fetch water, work all day in the field, fetch water again, cook supper, go to town and stay past midnight at a meeting at the cooperative." So God made a farmer. God said, "I need somebody to stay up all night with a newborn baby, and feed it from her own breast and say, 'You are mine.' I need somebody who can shape a mortar handle from a baobab branch, husk enough millet to feed her family and sell at the market; who can take abaca fiber and make rope, tea bags or clothing tags; who planting time and harvest season will finish her 40-hour week by Tuesday noon and then paining from crouching back, put in another 72 hours." So God made a farmer. God said, "I need somebody to clear trees and heave bails, yet gentle enough to yean lambs and wean goats and tend the pink-comb pullets, who will stop her husker for an hour to tend to the tend to her children and a never-ending list of household duties. So God made a farmer. It had to be somebody determined enough to grind rock into soil to make arable land. Somebody capable of raising crops while raising a ...
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