Copyright Date:
2020
Edition Date:
2020
Release Date:
07/21/20
Illustrator:
Hsu, Ginnie,
Pages:
80 pages
ISBN:
0-7112-4253-4
ISBN 13:
978-0-7112-4253-1
Dewey:
631.5
Dimensions:
31 cm.
Language:
English
Reviews:
Kirkus Reviews
Activities on a generic family farm through the seasons.In dry, impersonal language Castaldo acknowledges the existence of corporate, monocultural farms but thereafter sticks to a traditional paradigm, with the bland implication that small family farms like the one explored are the sort that really provide us "with the food we eat." She and Hsu proceed to profile a farm run, in the tidy, bright illustrations, by a white family with two brown-skinned associates or employees (plus some seasonal labor). They are depicted cultivating small crops of organically raised fruits and veggies for local sale, tending an apiary for pollination and honey production, and also raising livestock for milk, eggs (gathered by hand), wool, and/or "meat" (the last of which is never seen butchered or headed for the table or slaughterhouse). The author's descriptions of organic practices and season-specific activities include looks at limited varieties of common or heirloom breeds and cultivars as well as sidelines like pick-your-own strawberries, and she closes by urging readers toward greener behaviors like buying local and regarding "use by" dates as just guidelines. For a look at small farming today, Nikki Tate's Down to Earth: How Kids Help Feed the World (2017) is a less systematic but far less parochial alternative.This idyllic vision reflects broad agricultural reality about as well as "Old MacDonald." (Nonfiction. 7-9)
Where does our food come from? What role do farms play? What’s it like to be a farmer? In this charmingly illustrated book, follow a farm throughout the year to discover how the farmer grows fresh and tasty food for us to eat in a sustainable and natural way.
Explore the workings of a small-scale, organic family farm and experience the rhythm of farm life. In the spring, visit the chicken coop, till the fields, and tour the farm machinery. When summer comes, plant corn, meet the pollinators, and head to the county fair. In the fall, make pies and preserves, harvest pumpkins, and put the fields to sleep. Winter activities include trimming and pruning the orchard, seed shopping, and baking bread.
To conclude your year on the farm, learn what you can do to support the farmers who pick our carrots and raise the cows for our milk. A glossary defines key sustainable farming terms.
Through this colorful and intimate look at life on a small-scale farm, children will learn not only how the farm feeds us, but how the farmer must feed and care for the farm.
Farming And Feeding
Types Of Farm
Spring
Inside The Chicken Coop
At The Orchard
Tilling The Fields
Farm Machinery
Harvesting Early Spring Crops
Off To Market
Sheep In Springtime
Summer
Pick-Your-Own
Corn Planting And Harvesting
In The Hive
Mowing Hay
Milking Cows
Diversity Is Life
Heading To The County Fair
From Farm To Table
Pollinating The Farm
Natural Pest Control
Planting Cool-Weather Crops
Fall
Harvesting Pumpkins And Squash
Pies And Preserves
Putting The Fields To Sleep
Fall Grazing
Animals On The Farm
Winter
Trimming And Pruning The Orchard
Winter Maintenance
Caring For Equipment
Seed Shopping
Baking Bread
At The Farmer’s Market
Winter Care Of Bees
Feeding The Animals
Doing Our Bit
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