The Farm That Feeds Us
A year in the life of an organic farm
Where does our food come from? What role do farms play? What’s it like to be a farmer? In this book with beautiful illustrations from Ginnie Hsu, readers will follow a small-scale, organic farm throughout the year to discover how the farmer produces fresh, tasty food for us all in a sustainable and natural way.
Editions:
Published in the US & UK by Quarto, France by Kimone, Germany by DK Verlag, and in Italy by Slow Food Editore. Additional editions are available in Asia.
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- UK
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- French
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- Italian
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- German
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- Hungary
Book Extensions:
Watch UK Farmer Rhonda read The Farm that Feeds Us in the barn
Honors and Awards:
California Reading Association Eureka Nonfiction Silver Honor
Behind the Book:
My interest in growing food started when I was just a toddler in love with the book What Shall I Put in the Hole that I Dig. Growing up in New York’s Hudson Valley gave me plenty of farm experiences. And farms run in my family. My grandfather’s family had acres of olive groves in Sicily and his sisters married Connecticut farmers. I’ve even been a member of a local community garden farm. But, it wasn’t until my daughter began working at a local farm that I really began to look at agriculture differently. I became more aware of heirloom varieties, sustainable practices, and how climate change and farming methods have impacted our food security.
THE FARM THAT FEEDS US takes a look at one sustainable family farm through the four seasons. It’s inspired by the local farms where I live and purchase much of my food.
“An engaging resource that will appeal to a variety of elementary audiences, plant lovers, and farm machinery lovers alike.” —Sara Jurek, School Library Journal
“This engagingly illustrated guide to all sorts of farms and the things that live and grow on them has a Richard Scarry ‘busytown’ kind of vibe. It tallies fruits that grow in orchards, and vegetables that can be harvested in early spring or later in the summer. It also offers in-depth looks at types of tractors, varietals of corn and pumpkin, and ways to manage pests without chemicals–plus scads of info about honeybees and other pollinators. If your child wasn’t interested in becoming a farmer before she reads this book, she will be afterwards.” —Lela Nargi, Sierra Magazine
“Colorful and intimate.” –Midwest Book Review