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41) La cosecha
Author
Publisher
Yellow Umbrella Books
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
Español
Description
Descripción con fotografías demuestra cómo se producen y se cosechan frutas, vegetales, granos, nueces y los cacahuetes.
Simple text and photographs show how some fruits, vegetables, grains, and nuts grow and are harvested.
42) Harvest year
Author
Publisher
Boyds Mills Press
Pub. Date
1996.
Language
English
Description
A photographic essay about foods that are harvested year-round in the United States.
45) At the crop farm
Author
Series
Publisher
Gareth Stevens Publishing
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
46) Time to harvest
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
"Lots of fruits and vegetables are ready to harvest in the fall. What do you know about fall harvests?"--Back cover.
Author
Publisher
Usborne Publishing Ltd
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
This informative book is filled with 100 fascinating facts about food, from how to grow a burger in a laboratory to how many bees it takes to fill an orchard with apples. With bright, infographic-style illustrations, and detailed facts on every page.
Author
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"How many otherwise well-educated readers know that the familiar orange carrot was once a novelty? It is a little more than 400 years old. Domesticated in Afghanistan in 900 AD, the purple carrot, in fact, was the dominant variety until Dutch gardeners bred the young upstart in the seventeenth century. After surveying paintings from this era in the Louvre and other museums, Dutch agronomist Otto Banga discovered this stunning transformation. The story...
Author
Publisher
Yale University Press
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
Photojournalist Reader (Africa: A Biography of the Continent) traces the humble potato from its roots in the Peruvian Andes to J.R. Simplot's multibillion-dollar-a-year French fry business. Despite its predilection to disease, the potato is a highly adaptable, high-yield, and nutrient-packed foodstuff. While this title focuses primarily on the potato's presence in South America and Europe, it also touches on Papua New Guinea, New Zealand, and China-currently...
Author
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Stumbling upon plump wild berries on a hike or discovering succulent fresh mushrooms on the forest floor can be a welcome surprise. Turn up these happy accidents to a whole new level with the only guide on foraging you'll ever need! Chock full of tips on finding and identifying fruits, flowers, roots, shoots, nuts, foliage, and more, this helpful guide shows you how to safely and successfully find and enjoy wild edibles"--Page 4 of cover.
56) Food
Author
Publisher
Millbrook Press
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Description
Discusses the social, political, economic, and gastronomic aspects of food in its many forms.
Author
Publisher
The Countryman Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Everything you need to know to grow good food without a yard Grow food for freshness. Grow food organically. Grow food to connect with nature. Whatever the goal, you don't need a lot of space to enjoy the benefits of homegrown veggies, herbs, and fruits. In Grow Food at Home, gardening expert John Tullock shows readers just how easy it is to enjoy "farm"-fresh produce grown right on the windowsill, the porch, or in a tiny backyard. Covering artificial...
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"In an effort to make sense of the complex food system we are all part of, Louise Gray decides to track the stories of our five-a-day from farm to fruit bowl, and discover the impact that growing fruits and vegetables has on the planet. Through visits to farms, interviews with scientists and trying to grow her own, she digs up the dirt behind organic potatoes, greenhouse tomatoes and a glut of courgettes. In each chapter, Louise answers a question...
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