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301) An Inca farmer
Author
Publisher
Rourke Enterprises
Pub. Date
1988, c1986
Language
English
Description
Describes the life of a farmer in the Incan Empire in the days before the arrival of the Spaniards.
302) From field to plate
Author
Series
Publisher
Crabtree Publishing Company
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"Most of us eat three full meals a day, but where does the food that reaches our plates, stocks our fridges, and fills the supermarket shelves come from? This informative book shows how methods of growing, using, and delivering food--one of the most vital resources to humans--have developed and changed throughout time. Find out about the history of food production and present-day methods of farming. Learn about food delivery, the processes used to...
304) Boran Women
Series
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Traditionally confined to the roles of life-givers, nurturers and homemakers, Boran women of Kenya are slowly realizing the importance of education and the difference it can make in their lives. They attach great importance to the traditional role of women in a herding society and perform dawn to dusk tasks with little deviation from customary ways. Remarkable though is the obvious independence they demonstrate in performing tasks which normally would...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
As the Colli-Colli resolve their difficulties and the village harvests a mediocre corn crop, viewers are left with an understanding of the underlying rationales of Maya life and with questions about their own assumptions, priorities, and values.
307) Fruits of Labor
Publisher
Grasshopper Film
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
A Mexican-American teenage farmworker dreams of graduating high school. When ICE raids her community, it threatens to separate her family and forces her to become her family's breadwinner. FRUITS OF LABOR is a lyrical, coming-of-age documentary feature about adolescence, nature and how ancestors paved the way. Director Emily Cohen Ibáñez documents life guided by the spirit world through her hardships and joys in modern America.
309) The Last Autumn
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Icelandic
Description
Centuries ago, humans first arrived with their livestock on the isolated Icelandic coast — a remote land pushed up against the inhospitable Arctic Ocean that has been home to generations of farmers. Úlfar and Oddny (an aging Icelandic couple) are among this legacy, completely in rythym with the land and tuned in to the cyclical nature of farm work. As autumn approaches, and their children and grandchildren arrive from the cities to assist in the...
310) Canary
Publisher
Oscilloscope Laboratories
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Witness the extraordinary life of Dr. Lonnie Thompson, an explorer who went where no scientist had gone before and transformed our idea of what is possible. Daring to seek Earth’s history contained in glaciers atop the tallest mountains in the world, Lonnie found himself on the frontlines of climate change—his life’s work evolving into a salvage mission to recover these priceless historical records before they disappear forever.
311) From the Kill Pen
Publisher
Filmhub, Inc
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Documenting the underground horse slaughter industry, from its inhumane practices to its unregulated meat products. This is a potentially toxic, financially driven network operating through Big Ag and at the expense of taxpayer dollars.
Author
Publisher
Harmony Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"In this fascinating look at the race to secure the global food supply, environmental journalist and professor Amanda Little tells the defining story of the sustainable food revolution as she weaves together stories from the world's most creative and controversial innovators on the front lines of food science, agriculture, and climate change"--
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
Français
Description
The shooting of this peasant chronicle in the Gruyère region of Switzerland lasted a whole year, from July 1989 to July 1990. A year of work and festivities in the family of Conrad and Louise Bapst, their children and grandchildren who live in La Roche (canton of Fribourg).
Series
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
The deep division in Andean society between rural and townspeople begins at birth, is perpetuated by the schools and continues throughout life. The film evidences the discrimination faced by the children of the rural and extremely poor campesinos.
Author
Publisher
Annick Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Eat Up! is a colorful infographic look at the many surprising and fascinating facts about food. Information is presented in easy-to-understand graphics and clear explanations. Each spread explores a different aspect of the topic. Readers will find answers to a wide range of questions, including: Who grows our food? Where does our meat and fish come from? How does it get to us? What's the difference between a hybrid and a genetically-modified crop?...
320) Going to a farm
Author
Series
Publisher
Heinemann Library
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Explores types of farms and the various plants and animals they grow, including cranberries, corn, sheep, and cows.
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