Catalog Search Results
CultureGrams by ProQuest is a catch-all database to see concise social, cultural, and political information on countries, states, and provinces around the world. Explore detailed facts such as population, language, religion, customs, cuisine, government, and more for more than 200 countries. Each entry offers pronunciation guides, audio assistance, translation, pictures and videos, maps, currency converters, and a built-in citation generator, as well as a one-page quick facts sheet for the country or state you're researching. Access it for free with your library card!
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Tantoh Nforba was a child, his fellow students mocked him for his interest in gardening. Today he's an environmental hero, bringing clean water and bountiful gardens to the central African nation of Cameroon. Authors Miranda Paul and Baptiste Paul share Farmer Tantoh's inspiring story.
Author
Publisher
Monthly Review Press
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
"Only once we understand the long history of human efforts to draw sustenance from the land can we grasp the nature of the crisis that faces humankind today, as hundreds of millions of people are faced with famine or flight from the land. From Neolithic times through the earliest civilizations of the ancient Near East, in savannahs, river valleys and the terraces created by the Incas in the Andean mountains, an increasing range of agricultural techniques...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Novella Carpenter loves cities-the culture, the crowds, the energy. At the same time, she can't shake the fact that she is the daughter of two back-to-the-land hippies who taught her to love nature and eat vegetables. Ambivalent about repeating her parents' disastrous mistakes, yet drawn to the idea of backyard self-sufficiency, Carpenter decided that it might be possible to have it both ways: a homegrown vegetable plot as well as museums, bars, concerts,...
Author
Publisher
A.U.M. Films
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"Feature-length environmental documentary, following an intrepid filmmaker as he uncovers the most destructive industry facing the planet today and investigates why the world's leading environmental organizations are too afraid to talk about it"--Container.
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Kids will learn about a variety of foods and the way everyone enjoys them! Join Dora as she makes a special cake for Mother's Day, or visit with Kai-lan and watch Ye-Ye make soup dumplings for the Chinese New Year Party! Kids can also learn where and how food grows with Diego and Blue.
19) Thank a farmer
Author
Publisher
Norton Young Readers
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Bread, milk, wool, fruits, and 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.
Didn't find it?
Can't find what you are looking for? Try our Materials Request Service. Submit Request