Patrick’s Great Grass Adventure

With Greg the Grass Farmer

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Pages:36 pages
Book Art:Full-color illustrations throughout
Size: 8 x 10 inch
Publisher:Polyface
Pub. Date: August 8, 2017
ISBN: 9780963810991

Patrick’s Great Grass Adventure

With Greg the Grass Farmer

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In his first children’s book, farmer-author Joel Salatin and his daughter Rachel team up on a whimsical tale about a pigeon, a farmer, and grass. This beautifully illustrated edu-tainment book introduces 4-7 year-olds to Greg the grass farmer through the eyes of Patrick Pigeon. What better way to discover ecology-enhancing grass farming than from an aerial view? Grass as crop, insect haven, and diversity blanket comes to life as Patrick Pigeon watches and reports on Greg the grass farmer’s activities.  Discovering a real farm from a real farmer through captivating explanation and illustration brings a local grass farm to life.

 


About Joel Salatin

Joel Salatin and his family own and operate Polyface Farm in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley. The farm produces pastured beef, pork, chicken, eggs, turkeys, rabbits, lamb and ducks, servicing roughly 6,000 families and 50 restaurants in the farm’s bioregion. He has written 14 books to date, is editor of Stockman Grass Farmer Magazine, and lectures around the world on land healing and local food systems. Polyface Farm operates a formal apprenticeship program and conducts many educational workshops and events. 

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Books by Joel Salatin

The Family Friendly Farming cover
The Everything I Want To Do Is Illegal cover
The You Can Farm cover
The Sheer Ecstasy of Being a Lunatic Farmer cover
The Holy Cows and Hog Heaven cover
The Salad Bar Beef cover
The Pastured Poultry Profit$ cover
The Fields of Farmers cover
The Patrick’s Great Grass Adventure cover
The Your Successful Farm Business cover
The Beyond Labels cover
The Polyface Designs cover
The Polyface Micro cover
The Homestead Tsunami cover

About Rachel Salatin

Rachel Salatin grew up on Polyface Farm in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia where she developed a deep appreciation for the land, animals and the work ethic necessary to care for our environment. She received a degree in Interior Design and Business Management and has been working for non-profit art organizations for the past six years. A creative project is always on her drafting table in her home in Staunton, Virginia.

Books by Rachel Salatin

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