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Farmer Eva's Green Garden Life
Picture book biography about the pioneering woman farmer. The fifth of author Jacqueline Briggs Martin's award winning "Food Heroes" series.
Farmer Eva Sommaripa founded Eva's Garden in South Dartmouth, Massachusetts, a place "so close to the ocean, she can smell the sea, so close to woods she can talk to trees." More than 50 years later she has grown a big green garden life of friends and neighbors, creatures that crawl, fly and slither, eve microbes that create rich soil in the brown underground. Meet farmer Eva, and share the magic, beauty, and science of life on the farm and caring for the land.
Farmer Eva's Green Garden Life is one of the first book that focuses on a woman farmer. It is also a story connecting farming with nature, ecology, and science. With an Afterword from Eva, Author's Note, Back Matter and Resource page.
Book Details
- Publisher: Readers to Eaters
- Publish Date: Jun 25th, 2024
- Pages: 32
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 11.00in - 8.20in - 0.30in - 0.75lb
- EAN: 9780998047775
- Recommended age: 04-08
- Categories: • Biography & Autobiography - Women• Gardening• Cooking & Food
About the Author
Sommaripa, Eva: - Eva Sommaripa is a pioneering farmer who started Eva's Garden more than 50 years ago in South Dartmouth, Massachusetts. She has introduced culinary herbs, greens, flowers, and wild foraged goods to Boston area chefs and eaters. She has introduced culinary herbs, greens, flowers, and wild foraged goods to Boston area chefs and eaters. Eva experiments with wild edibles and parts of plants that are not well known, and is exploring the microbes that make growing and eating healthier for humans and our planet. In 2014, she became the first farmer to receive Wellesley College's prestigious Alumnae Achievement Award. Eva's Garden is the subject of the book, Wild Flavors, written by chef Didi Emmons.
Martin, Jacqueline Briggs: - Jacqueline Briggs Martin's many books include Snowflake Bentley, winner of the Caldecott medal. Farmer Eva is part of her "Food Heroes" series, which include Farmer Will Allen and the Growing Table, Alice Waters and the Trip to Delicious--and co-written with June Jo Lee--Chef Roy Choi and the Street Food Remix and Sandor Katz and the Tiny Wild. Jacqueline grew up on a dairy farm in Maine and now lives in Mount Vernon, Iowa. jacquelinebriggsmartin.com.
Hale, Christy: - Christy Hale has illustrated numerous children's books, including Our School Garden!, published by READERS to EATERS. She is also the author and illustrator of many books, most recently Copycat: Nature-Inspired Design Around the World, Water Land: Land and Water Forms Around the World and Dreaming Up: A Celebration of Building. She lives in Palo Alto, California. christyhale.com.