Eating local / by Laura Perdew.
Material type: TextSeries: Growing greenPublisher: Minneapolis : Lerner Publications, [2016]Description: 64 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cmISBN:- 1467793884
- 9781467793889
- HD9005 .P47 2016
Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Lending Books | Elisabeth C. Miller Library Parent/Teacher Resource Collection | S494.5.S68 P47 2016 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 39352800182297 |
Includes bibliographical references (page 63) and index.
Growing roots -- Local food systems -- Benefits of local food -- Challenges to the local food movement -- The future of local food -- Working as an organic farmer -- Glossary -- Selected bibliography -- Further information -- About the author -- Index.
Aimed at middle and high school students and useful for teachers, too, this book from the Growing Green series explains how local food systems work and how students can participate in them. (Miller Library Staff)
Explains what it means to eat local and why eating local is good for the environment.
Recommended for secondary school (age 13-18) and for parents and teachers.