Farmer Eva's Green Garden Life

by Jacqueline Briggs Martin, Eva Sommaripa

Overview

The fifth of author Jacqueline Briggs Martin's award winning "Food Heroes" series. A picture book biography about the pioneering woman farmer who founded Eva's Garden in South Dartmouth, Massachusetts more than 50 years ago and continues to introduce culinary herbs, greens, flowers, and wild foraged goods to Boston area chefs and eaters. She experiments with wild edibles and parts of plants that are not well known, and is exploring the microbes that make growing and eating healthier for humans and our planet. With an Afterword from Eva, Author's Note, Back Matter and Resource page.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781430145653
Publisher:	Live Oak Media
Publication date:	02/11/2025
Series:	Live Oak Media eReadalong
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	32
File size:	43 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.
Age Range:	8 - 9 Years

About the Author

Jacqueline Brigs Martin is the author of many award-winning children's books, including Snowflake Bentley, winner of the Caldecott Medal. Farmer Eva's Green Garden Life is part of her "Food Heroes" biography series, published by Readers to Eaters, which includes Farmer Will Allen and the Growing Table, Alice Waters and the Trip to Delicious, Chef Roy Choi and the Street Food Remix, and Sandor Katz and the Tiny Wild, the latter two co-written with June Jo Lee. She lives in Mount Vernon, Iowa. jacquelinebriggsmartin.com.

Christy Hale has illustrated numerous award-winning picture books, including OUR SCHOOL GARDEN! published by Readers to Eaters. She is also the author and illustrator of many acclaimed children's books, including Water Land: Land and Water Forms around the World, Todos Igulales: Un Corrido de Lemon Grove/All Equal: A Ballad of Lemon Grove, and Dreaming Up: A Celebration of Building. Her newest book is Copycat: Nature-Inspired Design Around the World. She is also an art director, designer, and educator, and offers programs for all ages. She lives in Palo Alto, California. Christyhale.com.

Eva Sommaripa is a pioneering farmer who started Eva’s Garden in South Dartmouth, Massachusetts, more than 50 years ago. She has introduced culinary herbs, greens, flowers, and wild foraged goods to Boston area chefs and eaters. She experiments with wild edibles and parts of plants that are not well known, and is exploring the microbes that make growing and eating healthier for humans and our planet. In 2014, she became the first farmer to receive Wellesley College's prestigious Alumnae Achievement Award. Eva’s Garden is the subject of the book, Wild Flavors, written by chef Didi Emmons.

Read an Excerpt

My friend Eva Sommaripa lives

so close to the ocean she can smell the sea,

so close to the woods she can talk to trees.

She farms one field in Massachusetts.

From that small patch she has grown

a big green garden life

that includes family, friends, neighbors,

creatures that crawl, fly, squawk, slither,

(even invisible microbes), and plants

whose seeds came from China, or Mexico,

or a Massachusetts neighbor.

Eva never planned to be a farmer.

But one morning she saw a pot of fresh tarragon

and a box of strawberries at a small market.

The strawberries were so red,

the tarragon so green and sweet-smelling

Eva knew right then she wanted to grow fresh herbs.