Let's Go to the Farm

Where does milk come from?
Where does cereal come from?
Where does maple syrup come from?

"The grocery" is not the right answer, but with more and more of us living in urban settings, our dependence on farm produce is not so apparent as it once was. At one point in our nation's history, the rhythm of life on the farm was an established way of life for most of the population.

Vermont Story Works has published a book based on its award-winning children's video, Let's Go to the Farm, that portrays a year on Legion Spring Farm in Vermont. Mac, the hired hand, takes readers around the family-run dairy farm starting in winter. Told in brief, clear text with lots of colorful, soft-focus photos from the video, the book helps youngsters learn such things as that most cows give birth to a calf about once a year, milking machines have to be washed each day, and the veterinarian checks cows' digestive tracts -- and that's a lot to check since each cow has four stomachs!