“Right This Very Minute” Wins Children’s Literature Award

“Right This Very Minute,” published by the American Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture, recently won the Growing Good Kids Book Award. Foundation Education Outreach Director Julia Recko said this award recognizes the book’s goal to show children where their food comes from.

“The award is given to books that have an engaging story, engaging illustrations and designs that effectively promote an understanding for gardening, plants and the environment. These awards are given out by the American Horticulture Society and the National Junior Master Gardener Program.”

Recko said the book was published by Feeding Minds Press and gives readers a look at a modern farm.

“And it does that by taking a look at each meal of the day, including a snack and dessert, to see what those farms actually look like and how that food is being grown. And it encourages readers at the end of the story to take a stab at growing their own food, creating their own garden in their homes or in their communities, and to really do that by thinking like a farmer.”

You can find “Right This Very Minute” online at the Farm Bureau Store.

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