Andrea Chandler is an American farmer, writer, and retired sailor. After enlisting in the United States Navy in 1998, Chandler worked as a guided missile specialist on various destroyers,[1] serving in Operation Iraqi Freedom, for which they were awarded the Navy Achievement Medal.[2] Retiring in 2008, they worked on missile systems at a defense contractor before switching to small-scale agriculture,[1] their interest spurred by 4 chickens they had been given as a wedding gift.[3]
Andrea Chandler | |
|---|---|
| Allegiance | United States |
| Service | US Navy |
| Years of service | 1998-2008 |
| Battles / wars | Operation Iraqi Freedom |
| Awards | Navy Achievement Medal |
| Other work | farmer |
| Website | Manor of Mixed Blessings |
As a farmer and science communicator, Chandler has worked with The Livestock Conservancy[4] and been covered in The Independent[3] and The Piedmont Virginian.[5] As a Navy veteran and commentator on veterans' issues, they has been published or quoted in AlterNet,[6] Quartz,[7] and XoJane.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b Campbell, Dan. "For Farm and Country" (PDF). Rural Co-Operative (July/August 2016). US FDA. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
- ^ a b Chandler, Andrea (January 28, 2013). "It Happened To Me: I Served In Combat, Despite The "Ban" On Women In Combat". XoJane. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
- ^ a b Gander, Kashmira (January 10, 2017). "Runaway piglets and goat psychology: A woman's adventures in farming". The Independent. Archived from the original on 2017-03-08. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
- ^ "2016 Rabbit Workshop". The Livestock Conservancy. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
- ^ Burros, Marian (February 25, 2016). "Turning Swords into Plowshares". The Piedmont Virginian. Archived from the original on 21 April 2016. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
- ^ Smith, S.E. (June 20, 2014). "Why Are Huge Numbers of Disabled Students Dropping Out of College?". AlterNet. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
- ^ Berlatsky, Noah (May 31, 2016). "Chronic pain patients are suffering because of the US government's ongoing War on Drugs". Quartz. Retrieved 1 February 2017.