Right This Very Minute: A Table-to-Farm Book About Food and Farming

How food gets from farm to table is explained in this fun and fast-paced introduction to the farms and farmers that grow the food we eat every day. Whats that you say? Youre hungry? Right this very minute? Then you need a farmer! It only takes a minute to feed a hungry kid and teach them about where food comes from in this informative and fun picture book about agriculture. Throughout the story families in their busy kitchens or at the table wonder where the delicious foods theyre about to eat for breakfast lunch dinner or dessert come from followed by colorful detailed spreads showing the operations and people involved in farming those foods. More than a dozen different types of farms are featured throughout including a citrus grower testing oranges for ripeness how a family-owned strawberry farm runs a u-pick business how maple syrup is collected using a new tubing system instead of buckets how wheat is planted how a cranberry farmer saves berries from a frost how a peanut farmer tests soil how a dairy farmer cares for their animals how lettuce is harvested how beef farmers work with cattle on the range and many more examples of agriculture in action. Award winners Lisl H. Detlefsen and Renee Kurillas delicious celebration of food and farming is sure to inspire readers of all ages to learn more about where their food comes from and appreciate the hard work of farming and the cool technology todays farmers use. About the publisher: Feeding Minds Press is a project of the American Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture whose mission is to build awareness and understanding of agriculture through education. We focus on helping young readers understand where their food comes from who grows it and how it gets to them and believe in cultivating curiosity about food and farming and how agriculture plays a role in our daily lives. All books from Feeding Minds Press have accompanying lessons activities and videos to further learning available on their website Feedingmindspress.com.