A new crop of farming careers is rising in Southeast Michigan, and women are filling many of these new positions.
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"No longer a safety engineer in the insurance industry after a 2009 layoff, Joannee DeBruhl asked herself, "Now what?"
She volunteered at a community garden, helped harvest 2,100 pounds of produce and had "the best summer of my life."
Now the 51-year-old is a full-time farmer at a certified organic farm in Brighton, which she co-owns with 24-year-old Shannon Rau and Rau's father, Tom Rau. The two women tend to 48 crops — from corn and cilantro to red mung beans and radishes — while providing fresh produce to 100 farm members and area markets."
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