Growing up on a Farm: Responsibilities and Issues

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Want to grow tomatoes? Raise trout? Show your calf at the county fair? Build a greenhouse? In the twenty-first century, fewer North Americans farm for a living-but plenty of people are still interested in farming. The number of farmers' markets across the country has doubled-and then some-since 1994. The more urban and suburban we become, the more farm life seems to fascinate us. As people have moved away from farms and into hightech careers, there often remains the urge to dig in the dirt, raise livestock, and ...
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Overview

Want to grow tomatoes? Raise trout? Show your calf at the county fair? Build a greenhouse? In the twenty-first century, fewer North Americans farm for a living-but plenty of people are still interested in farming. The number of farmers' markets across the country has doubled-and then some-since 1994. The more urban and suburban we become, the more farm life seems to fascinate us. As people have moved away from farms and into hightech careers, there often remains the urge to dig in the dirt, raise livestock, and participate in the ancient vocation that produced the first civilizations at the dawn of history. Plenty of rural kids are still growing up on farms across North America. But you don't have to grow up on a farm to experience farm living!
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781422200124
  • Publisher: Mason Crest Publishers
  • Publication date: 1/28/2008
  • Series: Youth in Rural North America Series
  • Format: Library Binding
  • Pages: 96
  • Age range: 8 - 12 Years
  • Product dimensions: 7.70 (w) x 9.60 (h) x 0.50 (d)

Table of Contents


Introduction     6
Young Farmer: How One Teenager Established His Own Farm     9
Farm Animals     21
Wild and Feral Encounters     33
Country Life Meets City Life     49
Farm Machines     59
Farm Safety     71
A Career in Agriculture     81
Further Reading     89
For More Information     90
Glossary     91
Bibliography     93
Index     94
Picture Credits     95
Author & Consultant Biographies     96
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