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4-6Growing Green series.
This series for upper-middle grades focusing on "green" food and farming practices that have gained popularity covers what has sparked each movement, what its health and environmental benefits are, and what some of its challenges are. Supplemental text boxes of related information may provide interest but make for choppy reading; appropriate color photos illustrate the texts. Reading list, websites. Bib., glos., ind. Review covers the following Growing Green titles: Organic Foods, Urban Gardening, Free-Range Farming, and Eating Local.