Everyone needs to eat, yet farming is a major cause of pollution around the world. But did you know that certain types of farming create less pollution than others? Or that some types of waste can be made into energy? Investigate what we can do to reduce agricultural pollution. As part of the Searchlight BooksTM collection, this series sheds light on an important question What Can We Do about Pollution? Informative text, compelling photos, and engaging captions will help you find the answer!

We are all aware of the importance of the environment - it's in the news, it affects our behavior and the decisions we make every day. But what actual impact has environmental thinking had on the world around us? This thought-provoking book looks at the way changing ideas about the environment and sustainability have affected the way we obtain our food, and will do so in the future.

Product Description: This fascinating book explains the relationship between farming and the environment. Young readers will learn how every farm, no matter how large or small, is part of an ecosystem. Theyll see how farms shape the environment, and how farmers are developing environmentally-friendly ways of producing food...read more

Each book in this series examines ecological regions and important environmental concepts, providing students with a basic understanding of Earth's biodiversity, the factors that influence it, and the future dangers that face the planet and our species.

By exploring the connections between science and society as well as the motivating societal factors behind research and development, each book in this series illustrates how society supports science and how science in return supports society.

Explores the development of farming and agriculture over time, the impact that they have on the environment, and what can be done to lessen that impact.

Discusses various kinds of farming, including livestock farming and sustainable farming, and examines the changing nature of how the land is used and preserved

Discusses modern methods of agriculture that are environmentally safer, including organic farming, biological pest control, and farming of the sea.

Looks at how fruit, vegetables, milk, eggs, meat, and fish are produced for the market, and assesses the impact of chemicals and modern farming methods

Discusses various aspects of farming and its positive and negative effects on the environment

Examines such recent issues surrounding food production for the world's growing population as the benefits and problems of fertilizers and pesticides, genetic engineering of crops, and overproduction