Raise : what 4-H teaches seven million kids and how its lessons could change food and farming forever / / Kiera Butler ; with photographs by Rafael Roy |
Autore | Butler Kiera <1980-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (216 p.) |
Disciplina | 630.71/1 |
Soggetto topico |
4-H clubs - United States
Agricultural education - United States |
Soggetto non controllato |
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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 |
ISBN | 0-520-95898-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 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 -- Notes |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910791301203321 |
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Raise : what 4-H teaches seven million kids and how its lessons could change food and farming forever / / Kiera Butler ; with photographs by Rafael Roy |
Autore | Butler Kiera <1980-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (216 p.) |
Disciplina | 630.71/1 |
Soggetto topico |
4-H clubs - United States
Agricultural education - United States |
Soggetto non controllato |
4-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 |
ISBN | 0-520-95898-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 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 -- Notes |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910826247703321 |
Butler Kiera <1980->
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The view from Bald Hill [[electronic resource] ] : thirty years in an Arizona grassland / / Carl E. Bock and Jane H. Bock ; with a foreword by Harry W. Greene |
Autore | Bock Carl E. <1942-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2000 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (226 p.) |
Disciplina | 577.4/09791/79 |
Altri autori (Persone) | BockJane H |
Collana | Organisms and environments |
Soggetto topico | Grassland ecology - Arizona - Appleton-Whittell Research Ranch Sanctuary |
Soggetto non controllato |
1500s
academic american southwest animal sanctuary arizona breeding animals domestic livestock domestic ecological ecology fieldwork grasslands grazing cattle grazing livestock habitats livestock natural history natural world raising animals raising cattle raising horses raising sheep ranch life regional research sanctuary scholarly southwestern united states species |
ISBN |
1-59734-977-1
1-282-37069-3 9786612370694 0-520-92426-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- TABLES -- FOREWORD -- PREFACE -- One. THE GRASSLANDS OF CORONADO -- Two. ON BEING THE CONTROL -- Three. WAITING FOR RAIN -- Four. FENCELINES -- Five. HERPS -- Six. ISLANDS OF FIRE -- Seven. OAKS,ACORNS, AND RUGGED GROUPS -- Eight. LITTLE BROWN BIRDS -- Nine. FRAGMENTS -- Ten. THE NEST BOX EXPERIMENT -- Eleven. PLAINS LOVEGRASS -- Twelve. COTTON RATS AND REAL DOGS -- Thirteen. ALIENS -- Fourteen. THE WORLD IS FULL OF LIFE -- Appendix. SCIENTIFIC AND ENGLISH NAMES OF PLANTS AND ANIMALS -- NOTES -- LITERATURE CITED -- INDEX |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782910703321 |
Bock Carl E. <1942->
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Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2000 | ||
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The view from Bald Hill [[electronic resource] ] : thirty years in an Arizona grassland / / Carl E. Bock and Jane H. Bock ; with a foreword by Harry W. Greene |
Autore | Bock Carl E. <1942-> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2000 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (226 p.) |
Disciplina | 577.4/09791/79 |
Altri autori (Persone) | BockJane H |
Collana | Organisms and environments |
Soggetto topico | Grassland ecology - Arizona - Appleton-Whittell Research Ranch Sanctuary |
Soggetto non controllato |
1500s
academic american southwest animal sanctuary arizona breeding animals domestic livestock domestic ecological ecology fieldwork grasslands grazing cattle grazing livestock habitats livestock natural history natural world raising animals raising cattle raising horses raising sheep ranch life regional research sanctuary scholarly southwestern united states species |
ISBN |
1-59734-977-1
1-282-37069-3 9786612370694 0-520-92426-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- TABLES -- FOREWORD -- PREFACE -- One. THE GRASSLANDS OF CORONADO -- Two. ON BEING THE CONTROL -- Three. WAITING FOR RAIN -- Four. FENCELINES -- Five. HERPS -- Six. ISLANDS OF FIRE -- Seven. OAKS,ACORNS, AND RUGGED GROUPS -- Eight. LITTLE BROWN BIRDS -- Nine. FRAGMENTS -- Ten. THE NEST BOX EXPERIMENT -- Eleven. PLAINS LOVEGRASS -- Twelve. COTTON RATS AND REAL DOGS -- Thirteen. ALIENS -- Fourteen. THE WORLD IS FULL OF LIFE -- Appendix. SCIENTIFIC AND ENGLISH NAMES OF PLANTS AND ANIMALS -- NOTES -- LITERATURE CITED -- INDEX |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910809926203321 |
Bock Carl E. <1942->
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Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2000 | ||
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