04768nam 2201021 450 991079130120332120230803221927.00-520-95898-510.1525/9780520958982(CKB)2550000001345673(EBL)1710998(OCoLC)889551785(SSID)ssj0001292757(PQKBManifestationID)12504115(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001292757(PQKBWorkID)11304068(PQKB)10815316(MiAaPQ)EBC1710998(DE-B1597)519030(OCoLC)890476553(DE-B1597)9780520958982(Au-PeEL)EBL1710998(CaPaEBR)ebr10913446(CaONFJC)MIL638379(EXLCZ)99255000000134567320140905h20142014 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtccrRaise what 4-H teaches seven million kids and how its lessons could change food and farming forever /Kiera Butler ; with photographs by Rafael RoyOakland, California :University of California Press,2014.©20141 online resource (216 p.)Includes index.0-520-27580-2 1-322-07128-4 Front matter --Contents --A Note about Reporting --Introduction --1. "I Wanted to Be a Cowgirl" --2. Learning by Doing --3. "I Do Sheep the Way Other Kids Do Soccer" --4. Bringing Up Baby --5. The Big Business of 4-H --6. "We Are Praying That DuPont Will Continue to Provide for Us" --7. Winning Champions Love Root Beer --8. Grow 'Em Big --9. The Contra Costa County Fair --10. The Alameda County Fair --11. "It's in My Blood" --Conclusion: After the Fairs --Afterword --Acknowledgments --NotesWhen city-dwelling journalist Kiera Butler visits a county fair for the first time, she is captivated by the white-uniformed members of the 4-H club and their perfectly groomed animals. She sets off on a search for a "real" 4-H'er, a hypothetical wholesome youth whom she imagines wearing cowboy boots and living on a ranch. Along the way, she meets five teenage 4-H'ers from diverse backgrounds and gets to know them as they prepare to compete at the fair. Butler's on-the-ground account of the teens' concerns with their goats, pigs, sheep, proms, and SAT scores is interwoven with a fascinating history of the century-old 4-H club as it solicits corporate donations from top agribusiness firms such as DuPont, Monsanto, and Cargill. Her quest takes her from California's cities and suburbs all the way to Ghana, where she investigates 4-H's unprecedented push to expand its programs in the developing world-and the corporate partnership that is supporting this expansion. Raise masterfully 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. Photographs by Rafael Roy.4-H clubsUnited StatesAgricultural educationUnited States4-h.agribusiness.agriculture education.cargill.citizenship.clubs.corporate sponsorship.country.county fair.dupont.education.farm animals.farmers and farming.food science.future of food.goats.head heart hands and health.leadership.life skills.monsanto.national institute of food and agriculture.pigs.positive youth development.raising animals.responsibility.rural.sheep.social studies.teen.united states department of agriculture.united states of america.usda.young adult.young organizers.4-H clubsAgricultural education630.71/1Butler Kiera1980-1563961Roy RafaelMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910791301203321Raise3832742UNINA