A few days ago I heard on the radio news about an interesting book for children. Is about "Chubby and lanky", which aims to teach children how to do agriculture while respecting the environment.
The protagonists are a cucumber (Larguirucho) and a tomato (Chubby), which are two of the vegetables that we can find in Almería (in Spain, known as "the orchard of Europe") cultivated through this integrated production system. The book also comes with a series of hobbies and games for kids' fun.
Integrated Production is an agricultural production system that uses practices compatible with the protection and improvement of the environment, natural resources, genetic diversity and soil and landscape conservation, and this book attempts to explain how it is carried out .
The book is edited by Clisol, a company that deals with crops in Almeria. I am trying to get a copy to detail what is the project that I find very interesting to complete the environmental education of children.
The full name of the story is "Chubby and lanky and his bugs friends", title that refers to that in this type of agriculture insects are used that are not harmful to vegetables with the function of eating those that are bad. Thus, it is possible not to use insecticides or pesticides that affect the quality of the product.
This book to bring agriculture and the environment to children, "Chubby and lanky", It is published by Clisol publishing house and its author is Lola Gómez Ferrón. An interesting complement to teach children about crops and vegetables in a fun way.
