Ladies Grape and Wine Producers

Stephanie Buechler (Ag Sciences World), Kathy Kelley (Plant Sciences), and Michaela Centinari (Plant Sciences), along with analysis assistants Zoelie Rivera and Sarah Peachey, developed a coverage transient primarily based on the findings of their interdisciplinary, utilized venture, ‘Ladies Grape and Wine Producers in Pennsylvania, USA and Mendoza, Argentina: Assembly Sustainability Challenges via Networks.’

The coverage transient highlights findings from an interdisciplinary venture funded by Penn State’s Sustainable Community for Revolutionary Tasks (SNIP). The venture focuses primarily on PA and Mendoza, Argentina, and goals to grasp ladies’s roles, challenges, and successes in grape manufacturing sustainability and wine advertising efforts. Contemplating the trade’s speedy progress and the numerous but little-recognized affect and contributions made by ladies in sustainability-related initiatives, this venture goals to contribute to an important information hole.

The examine additionally examined client perceptions associated to woman-produced and sustainably produced wine. Coverage and program suggestions advocate for help methods to extend sustainable farming schooling and improve ladies’s networking alternatives. The coverage transient is a part of Ag Sciences World’s GEARE initiative.

Coverage Temporary: Ladies Grape and Wine Producers in Pennsylvania, USA and Mendoza, Argentina: Assembly Sustainability Challenges via Networks