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Article evaluation

The "Sociology of Food" Wikipedia page was very informative. It was neutral on most points presented on the page and it gave a good equal amount of information for each point. It covered history,sociological perspectives,and from a sociological stand point a description of heal issues and disorders like anorexia and obesity. There wasn't a section on agriculture, which i think is a very important part of the the sociology of food and its history since it is where food is originally coming from. There were also plenty of citations and references of where the all the information was taken from. From this Wikipedia page i was able to find a related Wikipedia page called "Food studies" which goes into the examination of foods and its relation to science, history and many other aspects. It gives some information on the actually studies in this field and the history behind this study, but the other sections of this Wikipedia page got a little more information than this section. It covers the research paper q=situation and questions and and different universities, health outcomes, and food and its economy. All the points had a neutral side to it, there seemed to be no bias.The references seemed well organized and a good amount. Though some of the history may not be included i think its still a great Wikipedia page that is informative to different aspects to food education .

Topic Selection

The topic I selected is women in Agriculture, specifically the inequality and social challenges they face as farm workers. I plan to edit the women in agriculture section in the Agriculture in the United States Wikipedia page. In this page they talk about the many physical and health related challenges faced by farm workers, but they have little information on the inequality and social challenges they face. Some articles i'm planning on using are:

1. Ball, J. A. (2014). She works hard for the money: Women in kansas agriculture.Agriculture and Human Values, 31(4), 593-605. doi:http://dx.doi.org.proxyhu.wrlc.org/10.1007/s10460-014-9504-8
2. Pilgeram, R., & Amos, B. (2015). Beyond 'Inherit It or Marry It': Exploring How Women Engaged in Sustainable Agriculture Access Farmland. Rural Sociology, 80(1), 16-38. doi:10.1111/ruso.12054
3. Pulgar, C. A., Trejo, G., Suerken, C., Ip, E. H., Arcury, T. A., & Quandt, S. A. (2016). Economic hardship and depression among women in latino farmworker families.Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, 18(3), 497-504. doi:http://dx.doi.org.proxyhu.wrlc.org/10.1007/s10903-015-0229-6
4. Sachs, C., Allen, P., Terman, A. R., Hayden, J., & Hatcher, C. (2014). Front and back of the house: Socio-spatial inequalities in food work. Agriculture and Human Values, 31(1), 3-17. doi:http://dx.doi.org.proxyhu.wrlc.org/10.1007/s10460-013-9445-7

Additional sources for topic

5. LARSON, K. (1993). Migrant Farmworkers' Health Issues. In Defense of the Alien, 16, 100-106. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/23140866

6. Golichenko, M., & Sarang, A. (2013). Farm labor, reproductive justice: Migrant women farmworkers in the US. Health and Human Rights, 15(1), 144-160. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/healhumarigh.15.1.144

7. ONTIVEROS, M. (2007). Harassment of Female Farmworkers: CAN THE LEGAL SYSTEM HELP? In HARLEY S. (Ed.), Women's Labor in the Global Economy: Speaking in Multiple Voices (pp. 103-115). New Brunswick; New Jersey; London: Rutgers University Press. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt5hjd5r.10

8. Calvert, G., Walter A. Alarcon, Ann Chelminski, Mark S. Crowley, Rosanna Barrett, Correa, A., . . . Evans, E. (2007). Case Report: Three Farmworkers Who Gave Birth to Infants with Birth Defects Closely Grouped in Time and Place�Florida and North Carolina, 2004-2005. Environmental Health Perspectives, 115(5), 787-791. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/4489029

9.Arcury, T., Quandt, S., & Russell, G. (2002). Pesticide Safety among Farmworkers: Perceived Risk and Perceived Control as Factors Reflecting Environmental Justice. Environmental Health Perspectives, 110, 233-240. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/3455058

10. Halfacre-Hitchcock, A., McCarthy, D., Burkett, T., & Carvajal, A. (2006). Latino Migrant Farmworkers in Lowcountry South Carolina: A Demographic Profile and an Examination of Pesticide Risk Perception and Protection in Two Pilot Case Studies. Human Organization, 65(1), 55-71. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/44127122

11.Anthony, Maureen, Judith M. Williams, and Ann M. Avery. "Health Needs of Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers." Journal of Community Health Nursing 25, no. 3 (2008): 153-60. http://www.jstor.org/stable/20618287.

12. Quandt, S., Arcury, T., Early, J., Tapia, J., & Davis, J. (2004). Household Food Security among Migrant and Seasonal Latino Farmworkers in North Carolina. Public Health Reports (1974-),119(6), 568-576. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/20056730

13. Dimich-Ward, H., Guernsey, J., Pickett, W., Rennie, D., Hartling, L., & Brison, R. (2004). Gender Differences in the Occurrence of Farm Related Injuries. Occupational and Environmental Medicine,61(1), 52-56. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/27732153

14.JACK, Z. (2012). FEMALE FARMERS. In The Midwest Farmers Daughter: In Search of an American Icon (pp. 231-238). Purdue University Press. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt6wq3zd.15

15. Keating, N. (1987). Reducing Stress of Farm Men and Women. Family Relations, 36(4), 358-363. doi:10.2307/584482

16. JONES, L. (2015). North Carolina’s Farm Women: Plowing around Obstacles. In Gillespie M. & McMillen S. (Eds.), North Carolina Women: Their Lives and Times (pp. 215-237). University of Georgia Press. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt17573c8.14

17.CEBOTAREV, E. (1995). From Domesticity to the Public Sphere: Farm Women, 1945–86. In PARR J. (Ed.), A Diversity of Women: Women in Ontario since 1945 (pp. 200-231). University of Toronto Press. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.3138/9781442670310.13

18. Carmen Albright. (2006). Award-Winning Undergraduate Paper: Who's Running the Farm?: Changes and Characteristics of Arkansas Women in Agriculture. American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 88(5), 1315-1322. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/4123611

19. Ilg, R. (1995). The changing face of farm employment. Monthly Labor Review, 118(4), 3-12. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/41844418

20. BLACK, N., & BRANDT, G. (1999). Farm Women’s Organizations. In Feminist Politics on the Farm: Rural Catholic Women in Southern Quebec and Southwestern France (pp. 24-45). McGill-Queen's University Press. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt811k3.9

Socioeconomic challenges

Female farm workers also face many social challenges and adverse mental health effects while one the job, and one of the biggest challenges they face is social inequality. Over the past few years many women have been breaking the norm and are becoming farmers and farm workers, in fact in the 2002 census of agriculture it was recorded that there was a 40% increase in the number of female farm workers. But even through this growth in numbers many female farm workers aren't respected or taken seriously. Many people are used to the traditional housewife and caretaker view of women, and so its difficult for them to accept or take seriously these new generation female farm workers. Many female farmers faced this kind of inequality, many being told that " A lot of men aren't going to listen to a women"

Since women are not always seen equal to men, female farm workers faced a lot of resistance when they try to advance to higher positions. And many female farm worker positions are paid less than the male workers, and many employers have refused to offer the female farm workers the same additional benefits, like housing, offered to the male worker. Because many of these women are paid less they try to find off- farm jobs, but this was also a challenge because these women were much older and had no education or related experience so it was very difficult to actually get hired.

Female farm workers also face gender inequality in farm related injuries. Both male and female farm workers have a very high risk for injury when on the job. But studies have shown the safety precautions and regulations tend to be more focused on the male's work because of the traditional idea that the male farm workers work if much or dangerous and risky than the females., but the female's work is actually just as risky. Female farm workers gain most of of their injuries from farm animals, like horses and cows; also older females are at greater risk for fracture or get struck by farming machinery.

Many female farmer workers also battle with high amounts of stress and depression. Women are more likely than men to experience depression, but women who experience higher rates of depression have been through traumatic events, sexual abuse and stress dues to gender inequality. Many female farm workers have experienced traumatic events like sexual abuse and gender and social inequality so it can be common that many of these women struggle with depression. In a study done with Latino farm worker families, about 31.1% of the women in that study reported that they experience depressive symptoms. Mothers in farm worker families have three times the depression rates than of the US household female population.

Many women are at a disadvantage when they start out doing farm work. Many are unaware of the chemical hazards that are on the farms, and unknowingly many pregnant farm workers are exposed chemicals that can harm the pregnancy. Many female farm workers are also immigrants and may have not been educated on the importance of prenatal care, especially when being exposed to harmful chemical toxins. Because of this knowledge deficit, many pregnant farm workers experience complications in their pregnancies and many of their babies suffer birth defects.

Peer Review

First and foremost, your draft was well written and you are off to a great start. Similar to Ayana's draft, I only saw a few issues within your draft. First, I suggest creating a new sandbox for your draft. I would also suggest increasing the length of you draft and adding more sources. Walter.l.smith (talk) 17:13, 17 October 2017 (UTC)Walter.l.smithWalter.l.smith (talk) 17:13, 17 October 2017 (UTC)