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1. Please check the box that best describes you.
Farmer Market Grower Gardener
2. How important do you think it is that some agricultural equipment be designed specifically for women?
Very important Somewhat important Not at all important
3. Please list the major problems you have experienced with traditional farming / gardening tools and equipment, including the type of tool and the problem(s) (for example: too heavy; doesn’t last; attachments too difficult to connect / disconnect; causes back pain)
Tool / Equipment
Problems
4. Following is a list of types of agricultural equipment. How high a priority it is for each tool or piece of equipment to be designed / adapted for women.
5. Please list any tool or type of equipment not included in the chart above that you would like to see designed/adapted for women. If you have ideas about how it should be changed, please tell us.
Ideas about changes
6. Have you found any farming / gardening tool(s) or equipment that you would recommend to other women? If so, please list the tool(s) and their manufacturers here.
7. If you could buy only one tool or piece of equipment designed especially for women, what would it be?
8. Where do you usually purchase your farming / gardening tools and equipment?
Catalogs Websites / on-line merchants National retailers (e.g., Tractor Supply Co., Lowes, Home Depot) National discount retailers (e.g., Kmart, Wal-Mart) Local farm equipment dealers Local hardware / garden stores Other (please list)
9. In designing tools for women, it may be necessary to use different and potentially costlier materials than those used in traditional tools (e.g., materials that are strong but lightweight). How willing are you to pay more for high-quality tools specifically designed for women?
Willing to pay 5% more Willing to pay 10% more Willing to pay 15% more Willing to pay 20% more Willing to pay more than 20% more Not willing to pay any more
10. We would like to ensure that our tools are produced in an environmentally and socially responsible way – for example, by workers paid a livable wage in safe working conditions with production conducted sustainably (in a way that respects the environment). Would you be willing to pay extra for tools / equipment produced in accordance with these values?
Yes No
11. Please select any of the boxes below that are true for you:
I would like to be notified when new tools or equipment are offered on your website. I have adapted a tool or piece of equipment and am interested in talking with you about a potential partnership to produce and sell it.
The best way to contact me is by Email Phone
*Be sure to fill in your contact information at the bottom of the form.
12. Anything else you’d like us to know? If so, please tell us here.
