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41) Dojo daytrip
Author
Publisher
Owlkids Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"The six little ninjas are back and rowdier than ever during a field trip to the farm. From the moment the ninja boys and ninja girls step off their minibus, mayhem ensues. Farm activities like feeding a pig, milking a cow and plowing a field dissolve into chaos as the master slips into the slop trough, is chased by a bull and then is dragged through the hay. YIKES! YEE-OW! It's a barnyard disaster. Meanwhile, the mischievous ninjas run rampant, setting...
Publisher
Syndicado Film Sales
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
THE SUPERFOOD CHAIN explores how the global industry affects food security for farmers and fishers around the world. Follow filmmaker Ann Shin as she meets families in Bolivia, Ethiopia, Philippines, and Haida Gwaii whose lives have changed since the superfood boom.
Publisher
Atlantic Publishing Group Inc
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
"This book was written for people just like you - farmers who want their own small farm business. You will learn about the basics of a small farm - what you will need, how your life will change, and what you can expect from the government, your neighbors, and living with plants and livestock. You will learn about how a farmer's lifestyle is different from yours, building a farm plan and evaluating your resources before making decisions. You will also...
Author
Publisher
Open Road Media
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"Adam Nicolson's powerful memoir reveals the history of one of Europe's most famous gardens, and the ongoing battle over its future From lavish palace for Elizabethan nobles to dreary jailhouse for eighteenth-century prisoners of war, from well-manicured country house for a string of landed families to weed-choked ruin, Sissinghurst, in Kent, has become one of the most illustrious estates in England--and its future may prove to be just as intriguing...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Covers the high profile controversy over the south central farm in Los Angeles, the largest urban garden in the country. The story includes the benefits of urban farms, celebrity tree sitters, citizen supporters, dramatic evictions of farmers, rarely told developer's defense and updates on farmers efforts to continue to sustain themselves, physically and spiritually. Celebrity activists include Daryl Hannah, Joan Baez, Julia Butterfly Hill, Martin...
Author
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing, Inc
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
Finally backyard farmers who want to keep a few hens for eggs have a bible that's attractive enough to leave out on the coffee table, and inexpensive enough to purchase on a whim. This comprehensive guide, written in charming prose from the perspective of an organic farmer, will appeal to readers who are interested in raising chickens, or simply want the best knowledge about how to cook them. With this in mind, farmer and animal expert Jennifer Megyesi...
50) Birnam Wood
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"The Booker-winning author of The Luminaries delivers a gripping thriller of high drama and kaleidoscopic insight into what drives us to survive"--
Five years ago, Mira Bunting founded a guerrilla gardening group: Birnam Wood. An undeclared, unregulated, sometimes-criminal, sometimes-philanthropic gathering of friends, this activist collective plants crops wherever no one will notice: on the sides of roads, in forgotten parks, and neglected backyards....
Publisher
Bayview Entertainment
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
This documentary tells the story of Latin American coffee farmers and how our daily brew is deeply connected to the region's troubled past and hopeful future. Following a 1000-mile journey from Mexico to Nicaragua, the film shows how equitable trading relationships are helping empower communities and take a step towards social justice. On every step of the film’s journey we see the indomitable spirit of people who are determined to live joyfully...
52) The Gateway Bug
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures LLC
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Over 2 billion people on earth eat insects for protein. THE GATEWAY BUG explores how changing daily eating habits can feed humanity in an uncertain age, one meal at a time. Winner at the American **Conservation Film Festival**. Official Selection at San Francisco **DocFest**.
53) Right to Harm
Publisher
Collective Eye Films
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Through the riveting stories of five rural communities, RIGHT TO HARM exposes the devastating public health impact factory farming has on many disadvantaged citizens throughout the United States. Filmed across the country, the documentary chronicles the failures of state agencies to regulate industrial animal agriculture. Known formally as Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations – or CAFOs – these facilities produce millions of gallons of untreated...
Author
Publisher
Putnam's
Pub. Date
c2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Traces twelve generations of the Tuttle family's history as one of New England's oldest farming families, describing the hardships they faced and how each generation strived to make the farm larger and more productive.
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
An Amish Woman Finds Love in Hawaii Ellen Lambright mourned when her best friend, Mandy, moved from Indiana to Hawaii. But now Ellen has received the Amish church's permission to go to Hawaii and help Mandy through challenging times. Rob Smith works on the Williams family's organic farm, far from his past mistakes and burning regrets. When Ellen befriends Rob, the attraction is mutual, but her commitment to the Amish faith stands between them. Could...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
First published in 1852, "The Blithedale Romance" is the third of Nathaniel Hawthorne's romantic novels. Set in the utopian communal farm called Blithedale in the 1840's, the novel tells the story of four inhabitants of the commune: Hollingsworth, a misogynist philanthropist obsessed with turning Blithedale into a colony for the reformation of criminals; Zenobia, a passionate feminist; Priscilla, a mysterious lady with a hidden agenda who turns out...
58) No Place To Grow
Publisher
New Day Films
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
NO PLACE TO GROW follows a group of Latino farmers who find themselves representing a movement to save the last green space centered within a neighborhood facing gentrification. Over time we find out what happens when migrated farming traditions intersect with the “urban growth machine.” Set in Santa Cruz, CA, a small city known for its liberal ideology, a community becomes conflicted as the fate of the garden is in jeopardy.
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
New York Times and USA Today Bestseller! Praise for Carolyn Brown's Honky Tonk series "Fun, sassy, and fast-paced romance."-RT Book Reviews, 4 stars "Sometimes humorous, sometimes touching, and Brown's fans will be pleased to reconnect with her trademark cast of quirky characters."-Booklist starred review "Funny, witty, heartfelt, and sexy...a sizzling series!!!!"-Book Junkie She's a self-made city girl... High-powered career woman Austin Lanier suddenly...
60) Chirp
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Formats
Description
Moving to Vermont the summer after seventh grade, a young gymnast hides a secret as she makes new friends and investigates her grandmother's claim that someone is trying to destroy her cricket farm.
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