Growing Food

This series introduces listeners to nutrition and health concepts as well as exposing them to food from around the world. This volume includes Pull Apart a Pizza, Slice Up Sushi, and Split Up a Sandwich.

Vegetables are tasty, crunchy, and healthy. Learn about how MyPlate helps kids make great food choices every day, including vegetables!

Grains are hearty, wholesome, and healthy. Learn about how MyPlate helps kids make great food choices every day, including grains!

Fruit is sweet, juicy, and healthy. Learn about how MyPlate helps kids make great food choices every day, including fruit!

Snacks are yummy, quick, and healthy. Learn about how MyPlate helps kids make great food choices every day, including healthy snacks!

Protein is tasty, hearty, and healthy. Learn about how MyPlate helps kids make great food choices every day, including protein!

Vegetables are tasty, crunchy, and healthy. Learn about how MyPlate helps kids make great food choices every day, including vegetables!

Grains are hearty, wholesome, and healthy. Learn about how MyPlate helps kids make great food choices every day, including grains! f

Snacks are yummy, quick, and healthy. Learn about how MyPlate helps kids make great food choices every day, including healthy snacks!

Sugars and fats are okay in small amounts. Learn about how MyPlate helps kids limit sugars and fats.

Protein is tasty, hearty, and healthy. Learn about how MyPlate helps kids make great food choices every day, including protein!

Dairy foods are smooth, creamy, and healthy. Learn about how MyPlate helps kids make great food choices every day, including dairy!

Sugars and fats are okay in small amounts. Learn about how MyPlate helps kids limit sugars and fats.

ONE OF NPR’S BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR A “warm, funny, and honest…genuinely unputdownable” memoir (Curtis Sittenfeld) chronicling what it’s like to live in today’s world as a fat man. Journalist Tommy Tomlinson, approaching fifty and weighing 460 pounds, decided to confront the risks...

Who knew there were so many different kinds of vegetables? Nonfiction pro Gail Gibbons responds to the need for books on good nutrition with this accessible exploration of vegetables. From glossy red peppers to lush, leafy greens to plump orange pumpkins, vegetables are explored in depth to clearly explain the many vegetable varieties, how they are grown, and why they are so good for us to eat.

Farming, growing your own crops, and raising animals have never been as easy as they are today. With modern technology and access to a plethora of knowledge and resources, farming cannot only be easy, but profitable as well - even for someone who has never stepped out of the city. In fact, you can do it from the comfort of your own home!

Filled with catchall research, American Hemp examines what this new domestic crop can be used for, what makes it a superior product, and what made it illegal in the first place; the book also delves into the many health and medical benefits of the plant. Hobbs weighs in on how hemp can improve existing industries, from farming to energy to 3D printing, plus how it can make a serious impact on climate change by removing toxins from the soil and by decreasing our dependence on plastics and fossil fuels.

To bring your dream of being an urban homesteader to reality, you need to start today! The good news is that you can start practicing urban homesteading within the city. Yes, you may not have enough garden space to grow corn and wheat. However, you can still harvest an incredible amount of many crops using a collection of containers and setting them on your yard, balcony, or local community garden.

Grow your own food, save money, gain self-sufficiency, and live larger with frugal living! Lead a more sustainable and healthier life with this back-to-basics guide on homesteading. Homesteading is an earth-based lifestyle of self-sufficiency. It's about reconnecting with nature and getting back in touch with your authentic self, all whilst making eco-friendly and economically-wise lifestyle choices. Independent and frugal living is the future to living a truly fulfilling life!

A lot of famous and successful people are embracing the life of a homesteader. Homesteading has become a catharsis for people who finally want to live the life of a producer rather than a mere consumer. Thousands of people all over the globe have decided to say “yes” to gardening and domesticating animals. But, are you uncertain and hesitant to take the step? If so, then you’ve come to the right place. You see, homesteading doesn’t have to be difficult.