Book Description

The Best of American Farms series uses a variety of writing features (interview, sidebars, tours, essays, and recipes) along with unique illustrations and maps to convey America's fascinating agricultural story. The series will ultimately include a book on almost all U.S. states. The books reveal the intimate relationship between a state's agriculture and its overall identity. And with a light, often humorous tone, they provide detailed and dependable information and invite readers to get to know each state from a farming perspective. Readers will learn about the people, places, cultures, and histories associated with each state's most commonly grown foods and key non-edible agricultural products. And in the process of weaving this tapestry of information, readers will also gain insight into America's traditional small-farm values, organic farming's successful mainstream practices, agriculture's cutting-edge developments, and corporate farming's most enlightened programs. Filled with fun and practical how-to information, these books will inspire readers to prepare a recipe, take a tour, or enjoy a new product they have never tried. The Best of American Farms series promises to enrich the spirit, tap into the traditions and mystique that surround farming in America, and celebrate the family bonds and rugged individuality of rural life. Whether it is a tour of Texas's rolling ranchland or a recipe for five-alarm chile sauce, The Best of Texas Farms will provide a unique perspective on the Lone Star State.