Examines gardens in the city and other places to grow food, herbs, and to raise animals.

"From the author of 1491--the best-selling study of the pre-Columbian Americas--a deeply engaging new history that explores the most momentous biological event since the death of the dinosaurs. More than 200 million years ago, geological forces split apart the continents. Isolated from each other, the two halves of the world developed totally different suites of plants and animals. Columbus's voyages brought them back together--and marked the beginning...

Urban and rural collide in this wry, inspiring memoir of a woman who turned a vacant lot in downtown Oakland into a thriving farm.

This title takes readers to farms throughout the United States that grow sugar beets. Readers will learn a short history of sugar beets, how they are grown, and what they are used for. Title is complete with glossary, index, and a labeled diagram of a sugar beet plant.

This title takes readers to farms throughout the United States that grow soybeans. Readers will learn a short history of soy, the different kinds that are grown in the US and what they are used for, whether for eating or being made into different products. Title is complete with glossary, index, and a labeled diagram of a soy plant.

This title takes readers to farms throughout the United States that raise, care for, and milk dairy cows. Readers will learn what life is like for dairy cows, how they are often milked, and how the milk is made safe for drinking or made into other products such as cheese and yogurt. Title is complete with glossary, index, and information about common dairy cow breeds.

Follow Rusty as he demonstrates and explains giant tractors, combines, seeders, harvesters and other huge machines that grow and harvest some of kids' favorite foods.

2012 IACP Award Winner in the Food Matters category

Supermarket produce sections bulging with a year-round supply of perfectly round, bright red-orange tomatoes have become all but a national birthright. But in Tomatoland, which is based on his James Beard Award-winning article, "The Price of Tomatoes," investigative food journalist Barry Estabrook reveals the huge human and environmental cost of the $5 billion fresh tomato industry.

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