Product Description: Bouncing blueberries, eager ewes, and giggling geese! Join this lively bunch on an alphabetical tour of today’s farm. With families and schools thinking more than ever about fresh, healthful choices for the table, kids want to know about the foods they see and eat every day: Where does it come from? How is it grown? What’s the difference between a fruit and a veggie? Why don’t chickens have teeth?  This entertaining survey of modern farming provides a wealth of farm facts and farm lore, including: -Why some egg yolks are deep orange and others pale yellow -Which kind of tomato is used to make ketchup-What butterflies, hummingbirds, bats, and bees all have in common-Why farmers love ladybugs-Why sheep smell with their feet Of course there are far more than 26 reasons to love the farm...read more

There are many different kinds of farms, and some farms produce only vegetables while others produce just fruit, and still others produce types of meat or poultry. Find out about the different kinds of foods that are raised on farms around the world in this introduction to the world of farming.

Product Description: There are many different kinds of farms, and some farms produce only vegetables while others produce just fruit, and still others produce types of meat or poultry. Find out about the different kinds of foods that are raised on farms around the world in this introduction to the world of farming...read more

Product Description: See things grow on the farm, from corn saplings to piglets to fuzzy yellow ducklings, in What's New on the Farm? This book teaches young readers about the new life that can be found on a farm. ©2008 Deere & Company. Books created and produced by Parachute Publishing, L.L.C.

Surveys the many uses of plants, including nutrition, fuel, building, gardening, and medicine.

Product Description: Take an appetizing tour of the world with The Multicultural Cookbook for Students. Arranged by region and then by country, each group of recipes is preceded by a brief description of the geography, history, and culinary traditions of the country...read more

Describes different crops grown on a farm, including grain crops, fruits, vegetables, and nuts, and how farmers care for their crops.

Describes different types of plants and how they feed the world.

Surveys the many uses of plants, including nutrition, fuel, building, gardening, and medicine. (view table of contents)

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Discusses the problems created by the use of pesticides to grow food crops and the benefits of organic farming

Discusses the social, political, economic, and gastronomic aspects of food in its many forms.

Maps and text show the distribution of food crops and the different food habits throughout the world

Explains how we grow the food we eat, discussing such topics as soil, pesticides, and alternative forms of insect control

Looks at where and how food is grown around the world, surveys fishing and livestock raising, and discusses future problems in the area of food production

Introduces the activities of gardening and farming and discusses what is involved in growing fruits and vegetables

Shows where foods in the four major food groups originate, and links what we eat to the natural world and to the plants and the animals that eat the plants

Describes food plants, where they grow, how they are cultivated, their importance for the survival of humans and animals, and the need for more crops to feed the world's growing population

Discusses finding and preparing food, eating it, and hunger in the world today

This standard guide to the growth and development of common food plants, enhanced with more than ninety close-up photographs, discusses their history and changing uses