{"product_id":"raise-what-4-h-teaches-seven-million-kids-and-how-its-lessons-could-change-food-and-farming-forever-9780520275805","title":"Raise: What 4-H Teaches Seven Million Kids and How Its Lessons Could Change Food and Farming Forever","description":"When 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eRaise\u003c\/i\u003e 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, \u003ci\u003eRaise\u003c\/i\u003e provides answers to complex questions about our collective concern over the future of food. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Photographs by Rafael Roy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kiera Butler\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of California Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/03\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.69lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.97w x 0.57d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780520275805\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/15\/2014 pg. 108\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eKiera Butler, \u003c\/b\u003e an award-winning writer and senior editor at \u003ci\u003eMother Jones\u003c\/i\u003e magazine, has written extensively about the environment. Her work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eOrion, Audubon, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Columbia Journalism Review.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40012024873075,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_e4034505-cb13-45b6-ab39-55de7b814e21.jpg?v=1650491609","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/raise-what-4-h-teaches-seven-million-kids-and-how-its-lessons-could-change-food-and-farming-forever-9780520275805","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}