Breaking Through Grass Ceiling

First Published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Farm women are virtually absent from the leadership positions which structure agricultural organisations and policy and shape the industry. This book examines the contemporary position of women in agriculture, drawing on interviews and surveys with many hundreds of Australian women – farmers, bureaucrats, leaders and activists - and with powerful men in the industry. Giving a voice to rural women, the book presents a wide-ranging, rich tapestry of opinion and insight. Feminists, social scientists - both researchers and students – and others interested in gaining an understanding of gender relations in rural areas and organisations will find this book a fascinating read and an invaluable resource.

As founder and president of the Business and Professional Women's Golf Association, the author receives hundreds of questions each week from women trying to make golf a part of their business practices and networking systems. Leonhardt shows how in "Breaking the Grass Ceiling".. Photos & illustrations.

There has been a recent expansion of interest in cultural approaches to rural communities and to the economic and social situation of rurality more broadly. This interest has been particularly prominent in Australia in recent years, spurring the emergence of an interdisciplinary field called 'rural cultural studies'. This collection is framed by a large interdisciplinary research project that is part of that emergence, particularly focused on what the idea of 'cultural sustainability' might mean for understanding experiences of growth, decline, change and heritage in small Australian country towns. However, it extends beyond the initial parameters of that research, bringing together a range of senior and emerging Australian researchers who offer diverse approaches to rural culture. The essays collected here explore the diverse forms that rural cultural studies might take and how these intersect with other disciplinary approaches, offering a uniquely diverse but also careful account of life in country Australia. Yet, in its emphasis on the simultaneous specificity and cross-cultural recognisability of rural communities, this book also outlines a field of inquiry and a set of critical strategies that are more broadly applicable to thinking about the "rural" in the early twenty-first century. This book will be valuable reading for students and academics of Geography, History, Literary Studies, Cultural Studies, Anthropology and Sociology, introducing rural cultural studies as a new dynamic and integrative discipline.

How do we achieve food security for a global population now over 7 billion people and trending towards 10 billion by 2050? This study of the global dairy industry examines how to balance our needs with those of animals and the environment. It scrutinises ruminant bovines' worrying exhaling of methane, a greenhouse gas which, fortunately, evidence shows can be reduced by adding seaweed to cattle feed. Are the multi-thousand-cow mega-dairies of the USA appropriate models for Africa and Asia's high-growth dairy regions, where so many women are smallholders? Is it ethical to keep cows in confined animal feeding operations (CAFOs), eating unnatural high-energy/low fibre diets when they prefer grazing pasture? Other issues include hormones for oestrus stimulation, and GMOs for milk yield, stressing cows' immune systems and drastically shortening longevity. This book offers multifaceted discussion of the central and ancillary issues relevant to dairying, and consumption of plant- and laboratory-based foods in the 21st century. No book to date offers such a comprehensive overview, linking ethics, environment, health and policy-making with in-depth coverage of the major dairy farming regions of the world.

We have all heard it - Golf is a great tool for business. Then why aren't you on the course? Whether you don't play golf because of lack of time, performance anxiety, or you don't know the rules, it's time to realize the stakes are too high to be left out any longer. Spending time on the golf course is a smart way to invest focused, uninterrupted time with the people who can make a difference in your career-and regardless of your athletic ability-you can learn how to use golf to develop meaningful relationships. Fareen Samji provides a blueprint for success in this golfing guide for women in the workplace. You will learn how to: - navigate golf courses with confidence - fully leverage golf as a social and business networking tool - manage your emotions while playing - become the person people want in their golf foursome Master the art of business golf and enhance professional success with the lessons in Smashing the Grass Ceiling.

Breaking the Grass Ceiling is a biographical collection featuring powerful, driven and courageous women who have been instrumental in paving the way into the cannabis industry for many-especially other women. Within these pages, 21 women share their triumphs, heartaches, and words of wisdom derived from their incredibly diverse experiences within the legal cannabis industry. These profiles reveal what happens when women persevere, battling old schools of thought in their quest for equality, respect, and a voice at the top. Representing the unique fields of cannabis consulting, technology, dispensary operations, human resources, cultivation, scientific research, law, infused products, policy, advocacy, and activism, these women have contributed years of pioneering efforts to the industry. Not only has their work helped shape the cannabis industry as it exists now, they have opened a door through which other women can follow and continue to build the industry into one with no ceiling at all. In the meantime, watch out for falling glass.

BREAKING THE GLASS CEILING: A WOMAN'S GUIDE TO GOLF AS A BUSINESS TOOL is the first book to provide America's 5 million women golfers with a complete source of information on business golf. Written by a business woman with assistance from a female PGA teaching pro, BREAKING THE GLASS CEILING helps career women by providing them with a clear overview of what they need to know & do in order to enjoy success on the links with their male colleagues. With twelve chapters, the book offers an easy-to-understand section on the rules & etiquette, explains how to host a business round of golf, describes how charity golf outings can be springboards for success & suggests how to select the best instructors. The author also relates some amusing anecdotes. Many women report that they are fearful & intimidated on the course. Much of that fear is rooted in not having a command of how the game works & what is expected of them as players. Therefore, in addition to the rules, this book explains the Handicap system, describes the betting games that men often play, gives women insight into the mental side of the game & even shows them how to evaluate a private club should they be considering membership. In addition, there is an alphabetized section of golf terms & definitions as well as suggestions for additional reading.