One of my favourite children's authors is Meredith Sayles Hughes for her "Plants We Eat!" series of highly engaging children's books about different sorts of fruits, nuts, legumes, tubers, veggies, etc food groups:
She and her husband research and write about foods - especially plant foods!
Another favourite author is James Solheim, who wrote, "It's Disgusting -- And We Ate It!" about historical and current food trivia about unusual and strange unconventional food sources. Kids love it!
I wish we had copies in our Education Library! I suppose I should be pro-active and make some formal requests!
I saw a documentary about the prevalence of palm oil monocultures in parts of the world. Is this an ecologically sound and healthy practice? Or is it not? What is the state of agriculture in today's world? Are we learning lessons from biodiverse ecological environments? Are monocultures unhealthy? Or are they economically efficient? Is productivity and profit the main reason for monocultures? Intuitively, we understand that a biodiverse ecosystem is a healthy one - so do we need to question our modus operandi in agriculture and food production? What alternatives can we explore together?