That was the consensus of participants at the Farm Women's Forum held Feb. 11-12 in Clemson. The event was sponsored by the Clemson University Cooperative Extension Service, the S.C. Department of Agriculture, and Women Involved in Farm Economics. They take back what they have learned to their farms and their communities. Participants came from all across South Carolina, including John's Island, Salley, Conway, Neeses, Orangeburg and Williston. The farms of many of the participants have been in their families for several generations.
Husbands often work away from the farm.
The women stay home and take care of the children, the animals, and the farm. Here in South Carolina, and all over the country, women are totally involved in every aspect of the operations that go on in agriculture. Baughman is endangered species and land issues chairman for the South Carolina Women Involved in Farm Economics and serves on the legislative committee of the national W.I.F.E. organization. A lot of it is actually hands-on, like separating calves when it is time for market. They also make executive decisions.