In our sixth selected book for AgBookClub, we'll be discussing The Man Who Fed The World by Leon Hesser. We've all heard the story of golden rice. The man behind the successful variety is credited with saving more lives from hunger than anyone else in world history, earning the Nobel Peace Prize for his work. This… Continue reading March 2018 – The Man Who Fed the World
Author: Gracie Weinzierl Pierson
The farm kid behind A Farm Kid's Guide to Agriculture. Coffee drinker. Cat enthusiast. Borderline plant hoarder. Lover of all things agriculture. Co-host of AgBookClub. Find my posts on FarmKidBlog.com and AgBookClub.com. Follow me on Twitter at @FarmKidBlog.
The Worst Hard Time Reading Guide
We recently wrapped up our November/December book, The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl. Catch the Twitter chat Week 1, Week 2, Week 3, Week 4, Week 5 and Week 6 recaps at the preceding links. Gracie and Laura's thoughts on the book were published in the AgBookClub… Continue reading The Worst Hard Time Reading Guide
$2.00 A Day Reading Guide
We recently wrapped up our October book, $2.00 A Day: Living on Almost Nothing in America. Catch the Twitter chat Week 1, Week 2, Week 3, and Week 4 recaps at the preceding links. Gracie and Laura's thoughts on the book were published in the AgBookClub feature on AGDAILY. AgBookClub was established to start a conversation… Continue reading $2.00 A Day Reading Guide
2/21/18 #AgBookClub Recap
Miss the last #AgBookClub chat? No worries, we’ve compiled a summary of the chat to prepare you for next week! This week, we kicked off our February read, The Food Police, by Jayson Lusk. Week 3 covered pages 101-135 (chapters 6 & 7), which talked about GMOs - those dreaded "frankenfoods" - and farm bill… Continue reading 2/21/18 #AgBookClub Recap
2/14/18 #AgBookClub Recap
Miss the last #AgBookClub chat? No worries, we’ve compiled a summary of the chat to prepare you for next week! This week, we kicked off our February read, The Food Police, by Jayson Lusk. Week 1 covered pages 41-100 (chapters 3, 4 and 5), which explored a some of the misconceptions about food and why… Continue reading 2/14/18 #AgBookClub Recap
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