Raise: What 4-H Teaches Seven Million Kids and How Its Lessons Could Change Food and Farming Forever
- ISBN-10
- 0520275802
- ISBN-13
- 9780520275805
- Category
- Social Science
- Pages
- 216
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2014-11-03
- Publisher
- Univ of California Press
- Author
- Kiera Butler
Description
An award-winning, city-dwelling writer and editor for Mother Jones magazine describes her experiences getting to know teenagers who participate in the 4-H Club, describing their lives and concerns and also the history of the 100 year old organization. Original.
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