Farm fields can span hundreds of acres. With so much area to cover, checking crops and livestock can be difficult. But with an agricultural drone, this job becomes much simpler. Young readers will discover how drones help farmers maximize efficiencies and bring abundant harvests.

Chronicles the new ways that urban dwellers across North America are reimagining cities as places of food production, from homeowners planting their front yards with vegetables to guerrilla gardeners scattering seeds in neglected urban corners.

"From hunting and gathering to GMOs and ultraprocessed foods, this expansive tour of human history rewrites the story of our species--and points the way to a better future"--

Provides an overview of corn as an influential crop in the United States as well as growing, harvesting, and processing practices. Explores its origins, historical and current-day significance as a food source for humans and livestock, and its use in other products such as ethanol and shampoo.

Food production systems touch nearly every aspect of life from farms and industrial processing plants to markets, grocery stores and the dinner table. Students will learn about the future sustainable food cycle'.

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,...

A simple introduction to the history, animals, machines, products, and importance of farms.

"Urban Farming helps readers trace the history of farming in urban areas, understand why we do it, explore the science behind it, and discuss controversies from an objective viewpoint. The title will engage readers on the topic and help them to weigh the pros and cons as they make their own food decisions."--

Through meticulous research, Hauter presents a shocking account of how agricultural policy has been hijacked by lobbyists, driving out independent farmers and food processors in favor of the likes of Cargill, Tyson, Kraft, and ConAgra. She demonstrates how the impacts ripple far and wide, from economic stagnation in rural communities at home, to famines in poor countries overseas. In the end, Hauter illustrates how solving this crisis will require...

Most of the time we buy food from stores, but stores get the food from somewhere too. With the help of easy-to-follow text and detailed diagrams, readers will visit farms and follow food on its journey to farmers markets, factories, and stores. Readers learn how fresh foods are sold in markets and are also used to make the processed foods we buy in stores. Vibrant photographs make this book a visual feast.