Nonprofit boosting women on the farm

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FIRST MEETING: Doreen Pezza leads the first meeting of Rhode Island Women in Agriculture. In the foreground is Heidi Quinn, Rhode Island Raised Livestock Association executive director. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO
FIRST MEETING: Doreen Pezza leads the first meeting of Rhode Island Women in Agriculture. In the foreground is Heidi Quinn, Rhode Island Raised Livestock Association executive director. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

As part-owner of the four-generation Pezza Farm in Johnston, Doreen Pezza knows what it takes to be a farmer. “Farming is not a glamorous industry,” she said, “it takes a certain person who wants to do it.” After three years of hosting women-in-agriculture conferences for the state’s female farmers, Pezza hopes more women will become

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