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GLOBAL 3000 | Down on the Farm -- a woman in a man's world

1,669 views · Published 4 July 2008 · 4:06 · Indexed 19 October 2026

Channel: DW News · 2008 · People & Blogs

33-year-old Christina Herbst recently took over her parent's farm after her two older brothers refused. Christina went to agricultural college and is now following in her father's footsteps as a farm-owner, a traditionally male domain in Germany.
She takes care of 650 pigs and a flock of sheep and oversees 130 hectares of farmland, and she also does the paperwork herself. And although she has her hands full, Christina Herbst would still like a family.

GLOBAL 3000 | Down on the Farm -- a woman in a man's world

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