{"title":"A Grand Cause","authors":"Michelle Superle","doi":"10.14325/mississippi/9781496831910.003.0012","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"This chapter examines a small yet significant body of recently published English-language picturebooks that represent children’s contributions to regenerative agriculture as valuable—even integral—to the increasingly urgent work of developing new, sustainable agricultural practices. Viewed through a child-centered lens using the principles of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, works such as On Grandpa’s Farm, Sleep Tight Farm, and Anywhere Farm portray children as valuable partners in agricultural activities, collaborating with adults to ensure food security on a small but impactful scale. Such representations have immense inspirational potential not only for swelling the ranks of the “Good Food Movement” with enthusiastic new participants of all ages, but also for planting seeds of hope in children’s minds. A crucial group of recently published picturebooks about farming extends the empowering promise that children can participate in saving the world right now through ethical food production—while simultaneously creating a healthier future for everyone.","PeriodicalId":314769,"journal":{"name":"Intergenerational Solidarity in Children's Literature and Film","volume":"37 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2021-02-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Intergenerational Solidarity in Children's Literature and Film","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.14325/mississippi/9781496831910.003.0012","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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This chapter examines a small yet significant body of recently published English-language picturebooks that represent children’s contributions to regenerative agriculture as valuable—even integral—to the increasingly urgent work of developing new, sustainable agricultural practices. Viewed through a child-centered lens using the principles of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, works such as On Grandpa’s Farm, Sleep Tight Farm, and Anywhere Farm portray children as valuable partners in agricultural activities, collaborating with adults to ensure food security on a small but impactful scale. Such representations have immense inspirational potential not only for swelling the ranks of the “Good Food Movement” with enthusiastic new participants of all ages, but also for planting seeds of hope in children’s minds. A crucial group of recently published picturebooks about farming extends the empowering promise that children can participate in saving the world right now through ethical food production—while simultaneously creating a healthier future for everyone.