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Author
Publisher
Tantor Media, Inc
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
Upon discovering that months of backbreaking work and five freight cars' worth of glittering corn have reaped his family's farm a profit of $18.16, young Forrest Pritchard, fresh out of college, resolves to take matters into his own hands. What ensues--through a series of hilarious encounters with all manner of livestock and colorful local characters--is a crash course in sustainable agriculture. Pritchard's biggest ally is his renegade father, who...
42) Carolina Harmony
Author
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Formats
Description
Carolina, having escaped from a foster home and living with Mr. Ray and Miss Latah on Harmony Farm, refuses to talk about the events surrounding the deaths of her parents and younger brother, and befriends a troubled runaway who she secretly feeds and takes the blame for his pranks.
43) Anywhere farm
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
All it takes for an anywhere farm is one farmer, plus soil and sunshine, some water, and a seed.
44) The Pollinators
Publisher
Collective Eye Films
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (93 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
THE POLLINATORS is a cinematic journey around the United States following migratory beekeepers and their truckloads of honey bees as they pollinate the flowers that become the fruits, nuts and vegetables we all eat. The many challenges the beekeepers and their bees face en route reveal flaws to our simplified chemically dependent agriculture system. We talk to farmers, scientists, chefs and academics along the way to give a broad perspective about...
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Working on his uncle's farm in the fall, Flat Stanley searches for answers when pumpkins start to disappear right before the county fair.
Author
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
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Formats
Description
A true-life novel about Lily Casey Smith (the author's grandmother) who at age six helped her father break horses, at age fifteen left home to teach in a frontier town, and later as a wife and mother runs a vast ranch in Arizona where she survived tornadoes, droughts, floods, the Great Depression, and the most heartbreaking personal tragedy--but despite a life of hardscrabble drudgery still remains a woman of indomitable spirit.
Author
Publisher
Simon Spotlight
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
Simon Spotlight edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Little chicken Sabrina Sue lives on a farm but dreams of the sea, and despite the other farm animals telling her she is ridiculous and silly, she decides to set out on an adventure to finally see the ocean.
51) Escape goat
Author
Series
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 x 26 cm
Language
English
Description
From the international bestselling author of Bel Canto and The Dutch House, Ann Patchett, and the bestselling illustrator of the Fancy Nancy series, Robin Preiss Glasser, comes a hilarious and heartwarming story about a goat who keeps getting all the blame, but ultimately teaches one family about the importance of honesty and owning up to your mistakes.
52) Urban Roots
Publisher
Collective Eye Films
Pub. Date
2011.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (92 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
This is the story of the spontaneous emergence of urban farming in the city of Detroit. Detroit, once an industrial powerhouse, is a city devastated by the loss of half its population due to the collapse of manufacturing. By the looks of it, the city has died. But now, against all odds, in the empty lots, in the old factory yards, and the sad, sagging blocks of company housing, seeds of change are taking root. Official Selection at the **Sebastopol...
Publisher
Center for Asian American Media
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (56 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
“How many harvests do you have in you?” is the perennial echo that reverberates across the Masumoto Family farm. CHANGING SEASON: ON THE MASUMOTO FAMILY FARM chronicles a transitional year-in-the-life of famed farmer, slow food advocate, and sansei, David “Mas” Masumoto, and his compelling relationship with daughter Nikiko, who returns to the family farm with the intention of stepping into her father’s work boots. Mas’ hopes and hesitations...
54) How We Grow
Publisher
Collective Eye Films
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (65 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
A coming of age story of a community re-learning how to work together and growing stronger in the process. Inspired by the drive and dedication of the next generation of agricultural leaders in the Roaring Fork Valley, the community explores how to overcome pressing issues. Land access, income inequality, and a short growing season turn from barriers into levers as these ambitious young farmers discover ways to get healthy, sustainability produced,...
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (114 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
A global pursuit (with layovers in Japan, Argentina, Brazil, France, Spain, the U.S. and other countries) for the best steak in the world, STEAK (R)EVOLUTION features exclusive conversations with chefs, farmers, butchers, steakhouse owners, journalists and experts about the many variables that affect the quality of our meat. Director Franck Ribiere explains a variety of farming methods and offers a clear description of how the humane treatment of...
Author
Publisher
Knopf
Pub. Date
1990
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xv, 279 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
This is the true story of how you get your milk. And, because this is the story of a family dairy farm in Vermont it is also the true story of how you get delicious, Grade A maple syrup. Author Alan Pistorius embedded with the Treadway family for a year, recording four seasons of milking, fixing, plowing and syrup making. Pistorius' careful observations make for a powerful meditation on farming, business and family.
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (85 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When Shaun decides to take the day off and have some fun, he gets a little more action than he bargained for. A mix up with the Farmer, a caravan, and a very steep hill lead them all to the Big City and it's up to Shaun and the flock to return everyone safely to the green grass of home.
58) Thank a farmer
Author
Publisher
Norton Young Readers
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly illustrations (color) ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
Bread, milk, wool, fruits, and vegetables: things that fill our day to day lives. But where, and who, do they come from? Across wheat fields and city rooftop gardens, mushroom beds and maple forests, Thank a Farmer traces the food and clothing that a family uses back to the people who harvested and created them. With Maria Gianferrari's informed and poetic text and monumental artwork from Monica Mikai, Thank a Farmer gently emphasizes the importance...
Author
Publisher
Skyhorse Publications
Pub. Date
©2010
Physical Desc
227 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
A guide to small-area farming that provides information and tips on raised beds, soil composition, plant nutrients, crop proportions, seeds, raising chickens, preserving the harvest, and other related topics.
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