Raise
Subtitle: what 4-H teaches seven million kids and how its lessons could change food and farming forever
By: Kiera Butler ; with photographs by Rafael Roy
Contributors: Roy, Rafael
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 205
ISBN-13: 9780520275805
Subjects: 4-H clubs; Agricultural education
Description: Raise combines vivid accounts from a little-known subculture with a broader analysis of agriculture education today, using 4-H as a lens through which to view the changing landscape of farming in America and the rest of the world. Lively, deeply informed, and perceptive in its analysis, Raise provides answers to complex questions about our collective concern over the future of food.--COVER.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: I wanted to be a cowgirl; title: Learning by doing; title: I do sheep the way other kids do soccer; title: Bringing up baby; title: The big business of 4-H; title: We are praying that DuPont will continue to provide for us; title: Winning champions love root beer; title: Grow 'em big; title: The Contra Costa County fair; title: The Alameda County fair; title: It's in my blood.