Free showing of Women’s Work: The Untold Story of America’s Female Farmers

By Reader Staff

The PBS documentary Women’s Work: The Untold Story of America’s Female Farmers explores historical and contemporary female farmers, illustrating an often excluded side of the history of American agriculture, and will screen Thursday, Nov. 5 at the Panida Theater (300 N. First Ave., in downtown Sandpoint).

Presented by the Bonner Soil and Water Conservation District, the free showing starts at 7 p.m. and will be followed by a question-and-answer session and audience discussion in honor of the United Nations-declared “International Year of the Woman Farmer.”

Through interviews with various experts — including modern farmers and ranchers — Women’s Work highlights women’s important role in the industry and their myriad overlooked accomplishments.

Local women in agriculture will take the stage following the film, sharing their firsthand perspectives and experiences sustaining Idaho’s agricultural communities.

For more information on this free event, visit panida.org.