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'A clear and engaging guide to sustainable food production with lovely illustrations.' - The Sunday Times

Where does our food come from? Is farming different around the world? In this charmingly illustrated book, follow sustainable farming around the world to discover how farmers from Hawaii, to Sweden, the UK and beyond grow the fresh and tasty food we enjoy eating.


Explore the seasonal workings of farms around the world, and how food can be grown using sustainable methods that focus on quality versus quantity to ensure an environmentally healthy future. The World That Feeds Us explores fascinating farms and farming techniques around the world, including:
  • Global cacao production
  • City farms, on rooftops and beyond
  • Heirloom crops and heritage breeds
  • Farmer's markets across the globe
  • High tech machinery such as farmbots
A glossary defines key sustainable farming terms. Through this colourful and global look at farming, children will learn how farmers, and us, can make choices to protect the planet, whilst still enjoying delicious and nutritious food.
'A clear and engaging guide to sustainable food production with lovely illustrations.' - The Sunday Times

Where does our food come from? Is farming different around the world? In this charmingly illustrated book, follow sustainable farming around the world to discover how farmers from Hawaii, to Sweden, the UK and beyond grow the fresh and tasty food we enjoy eating.


Explore the seasonal workings of farms around the world, and how food can be grown using sustainable methods that focus on quality versus quantity to ensure an environmentally healthy future. The World That Feeds Us explores fascinating farms and farming techniques around the world, including:
  • Global cacao production
  • City farms, on rooftops and beyond
  • Heirloom crops and heritage breeds
  • Farmer's markets across the globe
  • High tech machinery such as farmbots
A glossary defines key sustainable farming terms. Through this colourful and global look at farming, children will learn how farmers, and us, can make choices to protect the planet, whilst still enjoying delicious and nutritious food.
Über den Autor
Nancy Castaldo has written books about our planet for over 20 years. Her 2016 title The Story of Seeds: From Mendel's Garden to Your Plate, and How There's More of Less To Eat Around The World introduces readers to the importance of seeds, farming and the crisis we currently face. It received the Green Earth Book Award and many other accolades.
Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents

Sustainable farming
Green farming

Spring

  • Heritage breeds
  • Free-range
  • Spring floods
  • City farms
  • Spring soil care
  • To till or not to till?
  • Harvesting cacao


Summer

  • No-spray weed control
  • Pest control
  • Farmers markets
  • Green roof farm
  • High-tech on the farm
  • Farm bots
  • Harvest time
  • Looking to the past
  • Watering crops
  • Pick your own


Autumn

  • Apple harvest
  • Harvest help
  • Cover crops
  • Caring for livestock
  • Preserving food
  • Seed saving


Winter

  • Winter crops
  • Urban indoor farms
  • Chores
  • Tree pruning
  • Seed selection
  • Green energy
  • Fish farm
  • Winter food celebrations


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Details
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Erscheinungsjahr: 2023
Genre: Importe
Produktart: Sachliteratur
Rubrik: Kinder & Jugend
Thema: Geschichte & Politik
Medium: Buch
Inhalt: Gebunden
ISBN-13: 9780711277694
ISBN-10: 0711277699
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Castaldo, Nancy
Illustrator: Hsu, Ginnie
Hersteller: Quarto Publishing PLC
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 302 x 231 x 15 mm
Von/Mit: Nancy Castaldo
Erscheinungsdatum: 25.04.2023
Gewicht: 0,705 kg
Artikel-ID: 122749465