This book is intended to:
• Help children understand where their food comes from.
• Give children seeds to grow and harvest their own food.
• Encourage families to plant their own gardens together.
• Support the planting of gardens in schools worldwide.
• Assist teachers in explaining how food is grown.
• Help children become aware of global cultures.
• Promote literacy through the reading of stories/folktales.
• Provide information about sustainable agriculture.
• Support the Slow Food movement.
• Offer a family activity that protects and nurtures the Earth.