Introduction Chapter One: Seeds and Plants Amazing Things in Tiny Packages Giant Seeds with Many Uses Small Seeds, Massive Pumpkins Why Does Genetic Diversity Matter? Planting Seeds Around the World Plants But No Seeds Not Everyone Has a Garden Back to Basics: Staple Crops What's With the Price Tag? Chapter Two: Feathered Friends Chickens Ducks Turkeys Pigeons What Do Egg Carton Labels Tell Us? Chapter Three: Multi-purpose Animals Goats Pigs Cattle Sheep Saving Rare Breeds of Farm Animals Chapter Four: At Work on a Farm Dogs--Not Just Pets Guardian Geese Home on the Range Getting from Here to There Animals in the Field Worms at Work Bees To Market, To Market Open for Business Resources Acknowledgments Index.