Andrea Chandler

Andrea Chandler is an American farmer, writer, and retired sailor. After enlisting in the United States Navy in 1998, Chandler worked as a guided missile specialist on various destroyers,[1] serving in Operation Iraqi Freedom, for which she was awarded the Navy Achievement Medal.[2] Retiring in 2008, she worked on missile systems at a defense contractor before switching to small-scale agriculture,[1] her interest spurred by 4 chickens she had been given as a wedding gift.[3]

Andrea Chandler
AllegianceUnited States
Service/branchUS Navy
Years of service1998-2008
Battles/warsOperation Iraqi Freedom
AwardsNavy Achievement Medal
Other workfarmer
WebsiteManor of Mixed Blessings

As a farmer and science communicator, Chandler has worked with The Livestock Conservancy[4] and been covered in The Independent[3] and The Piedmont Virginian.[5] As a Navy veteran and commentator on veterans' issues, she has been published or quoted in AlterNet,[6] Quartz,[7] and XoJane.[2]

References
  1. Campbell, Dan. "For Farm and Country" (PDF). Rural Co-Operative. US FDA (July/August 2016). Retrieved 1 February 2017.
  2. Chandler, Andrea (January 28, 2013). "It Happened To Me: I Served In Combat, Despite The "Ban" On Women In Combat". XoJane. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
  3. Gander, Kashmira (January 10, 2017). "Runaway piglets and goat psychology: A woman's adventures in farming". The Independent. The Independent. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
  4. "2016 Rabbit Workshop". The Livestock Conservancy. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
  5. Burros, Marian (February 25, 2016). "Turning Swords into Plowshares". The Piedmont Virginian. Archived from the original on 21 April 2016. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
  6. Smith, S.E. (June 20, 2014). "Why Are Huge Numbers of Disabled Students Dropping Out of College?". AlterNet. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
  7. Berlatsky, Noah (May 31, 2016). "Chronic pain patients are suffering because of the US government's ongoing War on Drugs". Quartz. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
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