Food Discovered Through Geography
- ISBN-10
- 0713647620
- ISBN-13
- 9780713647624
- Category
- Agricultural geography
- Pages
- 25
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1997
- Publisher
- A & C Black
- Author
- Karen Bryant-Mole
Description
One of a series which combines photographs and text to help explore important areas of the curriculum through familiar topics or themes. This title asks where our food comes from and how the climate affects the food we grow. It looks at some of the ways to explore geography through food.
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