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"Sharing" in your local farmers' harvest

Article Abstract:

The Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) allows its members to buy organic produce directly from the farmers once a week from late spring through the fall. The cost of CSA produce is relatively cheap since there are no transportation and packaging costs, and no supermarket markup.

Author: Baar, Karen
Publisher: Conde Nast Publications, Inc.
Publication Name: Self
Subject: Women's issues/gender studies
ISSN: 0149-0699
Year: 1998
Social aspects, Food buying, Grocery shopping, Farm produce, Agricultural products

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Sharing the news

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Advice is presented for working women on sharing the news of their cancer in the workplace. Although approximately 25% of women will experience some form of discriminatory behavior, it is considered important to communicate with your boss, as it may protect you in the long run.

Author: Carey, Julia Smillie
Publisher: Conde Nast Publications, Inc.
Publication Name: Self
Subject: Women's issues/gender studies
ISSN: 0149-0699
Year: 2001
Cancer, Working women, Disease reporting

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Breaking the silence

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A writer's experience of taking care of her mother, who suffered from cancer, and breaking the stigma attached to cancer, is discussed.

Author: Collier, Andrea King
Publisher: MacDonald Communications
Publication Name: Working Mother
Subject: Women's issues/gender studies
ISSN: 0278-193X
Year: 2003
United States, Care and treatment, Personal account

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Subjects list: Health aspects, Psychological aspects, Cancer patients
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