Discusses the history of agricultural technology including how the ancient Chinese created irrigation procedures to grow more rice, how the ancient Middle Easterners learned about breeding sheep for different colors of wool, and how the ancient Greeks invented machines for crushing grapes and olives.
Discusses the need to protect and preserve our environment and depicts ways to achieve a sustainable method of agriculture. Illustrates the efforts being made to be prepared for a future agricultural disaster and provides information about insects, chemicals, animal welfare, and different ways of farming. Includes color photos, a glossary, and an index.
Discusses the effects people have on the environment by their daily food choices and offers suggestions on how to leave a lighter footprint on the environment. Features photographs, diagrams, a glossary, and a list of resources for further study.
"An exploration of the environmental, health, and social issues of modern agriculture. Features include fact boxes, sidebars, activities, glossary, list of recommended reading and Web sites, and index"--Provided by publisher.
Discusses the Dust Bowl era of the 1930s when dust storms raged across the heartland of the United States, causing damage that reached from North Dakota to Texas, explains how a combination of bad farming practices and drought caused the deadly conditions, and looks at how people and the government responded to the crisis.
Examines the history of farming in America, looking at various aspects of the early American farm, and discusses the role of farming in the development of the country.
Examines the human and natural causes of the severe dust storms that turned much of the Great Plains into a "dust bowl" in the 1930s and describes the devastation caused by these storms.
Explores the types of farming that exist around the world, from organic farming to genetic engineering. Discusses how farming affects the environment and looks at the future of farming. Features color photographs, accessible text, a glossary, and further resources.
Describes animals that work on farms and ranches in various ways, such as herding cattle and sheep, pulling machinery, and providing products such as eggs, milk, leather, and wool.
