{"id":155857,"date":"2018-10-18T10:40:14","date_gmt":"2018-10-18T15:40:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=155857"},"modified":"2018-10-18T14:06:55","modified_gmt":"2018-10-18T19:06:55","slug":"proceeds-from-book-our-family-farm-to-youth-ndfu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=155857","title":{"rendered":"Proceeds from book: &#8220;Our Family Farm,&#8221; to NDFU youth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jamestown\u00a0 (NDFU) \u00a0\u2013 North Dakota Farmers Union (NDFU) has released a children\u2019s book, <em>Our Family Farm<\/em>, to tell the story of family farm agriculture.<\/p>\n<p>NDFU President Mark Watne says, \u00a0\u201cIt\u2019s one of many tools we\u2019re using to educate the public about the importance of family farm agriculture to our state and nation. Its subtitle, \u2018Everyone Works on a Family Farm,\u2019 definitely will resonate with anyone who has ever lived on a farm or visited a farm.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The hardcover, oversized 34-page book tells the story of the Rhodes family farm, where multi-generations work together to feed livestock and grow crops. They do so with the help of Rocky the dog and their trusty farm equipment, each with its own name and personality. The book depicts the food production chain from farm to plate.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-155858\" src=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/SullivanDana-300x217.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/SullivanDana-300x217.png 300w, https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/SullivanDana-768x556.png 768w, https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/SullivanDana-242x175.png 242w, https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/SullivanDana.png 912w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Well known, author and illustrator Dana Sullivan, who created the commissioned work, says, \u00a0\u201cI love that I got to work on a book that is so topical and important right now by showing kids and their parents where the food they eat actually comes from, The food grown by family farmers in North Dakota not only feeds the U.S., but a big part of the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Book sale proceeds go to support NDFU\u2019s youth education program and humanitarian efforts, research initiatives that enhance rural life, and rural economic development opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>The book retails for $16.95 and can be purchased online at <em>ndfu.2020brands.com<\/em> or call 1-800-366-NDFU.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\">ABOUT THE AUTHOR:<\/span><\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.danajsullivan.com\/home.html\">Dana Sullivan <\/a>wrote and illustrated <em><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\">Ozzie and the Art Contest<\/span><\/em>, <em><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\">Kay Kay\u2019s Alphabet Safari<\/span><\/em>, and <em><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\">My Red Velvet Cape<\/span><\/em>. He\u2019s illustrated the <em><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\">Digger and Daisy<\/span><\/em> early reader series, the <em><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\">BodyOpolis<\/span><\/em> series, and one of the <em><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\">Buddy Files<\/span><\/em> mysteries. He resides near Seattle with his wife and barky dog, Bennie.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jamestown\u00a0 (NDFU) \u00a0\u2013 North Dakota Farmers Union (NDFU) has released a children\u2019s book, Our Family Farm, to tell the story of family farm agriculture. NDFU President Mark Watne says, \u00a0\u201cIt\u2019s one of many tools we\u2019re using to educate the public about the importance of family farm agriculture to our state [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":33006,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-155857","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-state"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155857","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=155857"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155857\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":155860,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155857\/revisions\/155860"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/33006"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=155857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=155857"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=155857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}