Down to earth : how kids help feed the world.
Material type: TextSeries: Orca footprintsPublisher: Victoria, BC, Canada : Orca Book Publishers, 2013Description: 48 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 1459804236
- 9781459804234
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book | Main Library | Children's NonFiction | 630 T217 | Available | 33111007461870 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Kids all over the world help collect seeds, weed gardens, milk goats and herd ducks.
From a balcony garden with pots of lettuce to a farm with hundreds of cows, kids can pitch in to bring the best and freshest products to their families' tables--and to market. Loaded with accessible information about the many facets of farming, Down to Earthtakes a close look at everything from what an egg carton tells you to why genetic diversity matters--even to kids.
Includes bibliographical references (page 44) and index.
Seeds and plants -- Feathered friends -- Multi-purpose animals -- At work on the farm.
Looks at farming and the ways that children from different cultures help in the production and distribution of food around the world, with attention paid to environmental and food supply issues.