Free-Range Farming

From the Series Growing Green

  • Interest Level: Grade 6 - Grade 8
  • Reading Level: Grade 6

Have you seen eggs labeled “free-range”? Maybe your family only buys meat from local farmers because you know and trust their practices when raising animals for food. So what exactly does “free-range” mean, and why are so many people buying free-range eggs and meat?

The Growing Green series answers all of your questions about the food and agriculture trends sweeping the United States. Discover the benefits and challenges of popular agricultural movements, as well as what sparked each trend and how it may affect what we eat and grow in the future.

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978-1-4677-9389-6
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Interest Level Grade 6 - Grade 8
Reading Level Grade 6
Genre Social Studies
Copyright 2016
Publisher Lerner Publishing Group
Imprint Lerner Publications ™
Language English
Number of Pages 64
Publication Date 2016-01-01
Reading Counts! Level 9.2
Text Type Informational/Explanatory
BISACS JNF065000, JNF033000, JNF037020
Dewey 630
Graphics Full-color illustrations
Dimensions 6 x 9
Lexile 1030
Features Bibliography/further reading, Glossary, Index, Photo captions, Sidebars, Table of contents, and eSource

Author: Trina Mickelson

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Growing Green

Organic foods, sustainable agriculture, free-range farming, eating local—what do these terms mean? And how are these concepts influencing the way people farm, shop, cook, and eat? Readers will evaluate four “green” agricultural food movements, learn how the movements started, View available downloads →