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Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
xii, 339 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Drawing on advances in soil ecology, George Monbiot reveals how our changing understanding of the world beneath our feet could allow us to grow more food with less farming. He meets the people who are unlocking these methods, from the fruit and vegetable grower revolutionizing our understanding of fertility; through breeders of perennial grains, liberating the land from ploughs and chemicals; to the scientists pioneering new ways to grow protein...
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Lexile measure
HL 750L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Part coming of age, part call to action, this fast-paced #ownvoices novel about a Deaf teenager is a unique and inspiring exploration of what it means to belong. Smart, artistic, and independent, sixteen year old Piper is tired of trying to conform. Her mom wants her to be "normal," to pass as hearing, to get a good job. But in a time of food scarcity, environmental collapse, and political corruption, Piper has other things on her mind-- like survival....
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
x, 616 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Presents two influential scientists, William Vogt (1902-1968), and Norman Borlaug (1914-2009), whose diametrically opposed views shaped modern understandings about the environment and related public policies.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2010]
Lexile measure
820L
Physical Desc
30 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 32 cm.
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old Maria Luz and her family have a small farm in Honduras, but may not have enough food to sustain them for the year, so Maria's father must leave home to find work, leaving her in charge of the garden.
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Lexile measure
610L
Physical Desc
[35 unnumbered] pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
When an emergency requires money that would have bought food, Lulu goes to school hungry, affecting her concentration and behavior, but she is determined to defeat the Hunger Monster. Includes information on how to fight hunger.
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Every year, the world's farmers produce a lot of food for people to eat. Yet every night, millions of people around the world go to bed hungry. Why are people going without food when the earth is able to produce so much? In this nonfiction graphic novel, Max Axiom and the Society of Super Scientists go on a fact-finding mission to discover the reasons behind food scarcity. Young readers can join the team to find out why many people deal with food...
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
[xi], 308 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"James Beard Award-winning author Kim Foster reveals a new portrait of hunger and humanity in America. Food is a conduit for connection; we envision smiling families gathered around a table--eating, happy, content. But what happens when poverty, mental illness, homelessness, and addiction claim a seat at the table? In The Meth Lunches, James Beard award-winning writer Kim Foster peers behind the polished visions of perfectly curated dinners and charming...
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xxiv, 326 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"Inequality in America manifests in many ways, but perhaps nowhere more than in how we eat. From her years of field research, sociologist and ethnographer Priya Fielding-Singh brings us into the kitchens of dozens of families from varied educational, economic, and ethnoracial backgrounds to explore how-- and why-- we eat the way we do"--
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
xiii, 303 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"A noted entrepreneur, food writer and recipe developer serves up an evocative adventure story of her quest for love, God, and the perfect persimmon pudding. Hunger comes to us in many forms, writes Lia Huber--we long to be nourished physically, emotionally, and spiritually. Nourished: A Memoir of Faith, Food, and Enduring Love (with Recipes) invites readers on Huber's search for a sustenance that could heal her body and soul, and define the trajectory...
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 55 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
1966, drought and an exploding population confronted India with the imminent threat of a severe famine, a potential disaster that many scientists and intellectuals feared only presaged global catastrophes to come, as the world's population outstripped its ability to produce food. In search of a lasting solution, India turned to Norman Borlaug, an unassuming plant breeder from Iowa whose combination of scientific knowledge and raw determination had...
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
340 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"In this fascinating look at the race to secure the global food supply, environmental journalist and professor Amanda Little tells the defining story of the sustainable food revolution as she weaves together stories from the world's most creative and controversial innovators on the front lines of food science, agriculture, and climate change"--
18) The old man
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
English language edition.
Lexile measure
AD 440L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 16 x 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Day breaks over the town. Get up, everybody! It's time to go to school. For the old man too, it's time to wake up. The night was icy and he's hungry. His name? He doesn't know..."--Publisher's website.
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