How food gets from farm to table is explained in this fun and
fast-paced introduction to the farms and farmers that grow the food we
eat every day.
What's that you say? You're hungry? Right this very minute? Then you
need a farmer!
It only takes a minute to feed a hungry kid - and teach them about where
food comes from - in this informative and fun picture book about
agriculture. Throughout the story, families in their busy kitchens or
at the table wonder where the delicious foods they're about to eat for
breakfast, lunch, dinner, or dessert come from - followed by colorful,
detailed spreads showing the operations and people involved in farming
those foods. More than a dozen different types of farms are featured
throughout, including a citrus grower testing oranges for ripeness, how
a family-owned strawberry farm runs a "u-pick" business, how maple syrup
is collected using a new tubing system instead of buckets, how wheat is
planted, how a cranberry farmer saves berries from a frost, how a peanut
farmer tests soil, how a dairy farmer cares for their animals, how
lettuce is harvested, how beef farmers work with cattle on the range,
and many more examples of agriculture in action.
Award winners Lisl H. Detlefsen and Renee Kurilla's delicious
celebration of food and farming is sure to inspire readers of all ages
to learn more about where their food comes from -- and appreciate the
hard work of farming and the cool technology today's farmers use.
About the publisher: Feeding Minds Press is a project of the
American Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture whose mission is to
build awareness and understanding of agriculture through education. We
focus on helping young readers understand where their food comes from,
who grows it, and how it gets to them and believe in cultivating
curiosity about food and farming and how agriculture plays a role in our
daily lives. All books from Feeding Minds Press have accompanying
lessons, activities, and videos to further learning available on their
website, Feedingmindspress.com.
