Frank Carlson Library

"In the late 1970s, grain prices had tanked, farm auction notices filled newspapers, and people had forgotten that food didn't grow in grocery stores. So, on February 5, 1979, thousands of tractors from all parts of the US flooded Washington, DC, in protest. Author Lindsay H. Metcalf, a journalist who grew up on a family farm, shares this rarely told story of grassroots perseverance and economic justice. In 1979, US farmers traveled to Washington,...

Text and photographs depict different aspects of farming through the ages including the equipment, domestic animals, crops, and the future of farming.

Join friendly Farmer Bill in this award-winning video as he engages your child's imagination with the noise and live action of hi-tech farm equipment. Follow vegetable and grain production from planting to harvest on a modern 7,000 acre family farm.

"Plant Partners delivers a research-based rationale for companion planting, offering gardeners dozens of ways they can use scientifically tested plant partnerships to benefit the garden as a whole"--

Join friendly Farmer Bill as he shares the chronology of how apples are grown and make their way to your local market.

Traces the conservation movement by ranchers, farmers, river workers, and fishermen who in spite of separating themselves from political environmentalism are helping to restore and protect America's grasslands, wildlife, wetlands, and oceans.