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This title takes readers to farms throughout the United States that grow tomatoes. Readers will learn a short history of tomatoes and how both fresh and tomato product tomatoes are grown. Title is complete with glossary, index, and a labeled diagram of a tomato plant. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Provides an overview of the tomato as a crop, its historical and current-day significance in the culinary world,...

The true adventures of David Fairchild, a late-nineteenth-century food explorer who traveled the globe and introduced diverse crops like avocados, mangoes, seedless grapes--and thousands more--to the American plate. "In the nineteenth century American meals were about subsistence, not enjoyment. Agriculture yielded stable, basic crops like soybeans, corn, and barley, and few growers considered variety or flavor. But as a new century approached, appetites...