Saltwind Press is an independent publisher specializing in books that use photographs as a central means of engaging the reader and creating an immediate and intimate connection between the audience and the subject. The images bring nuance, emotion, and authenticity to stories allowing readers to experience cultures, environments, and perspectives in a way that text alone cannot fully achieve.

Hamburgers Don’t Grow on Trees: Raising Beef on a Family Farm with Kindness offers a thoughtful and compassionate exploration of where our food comes from. Through the story of Lima Bean, a calf raised on a family farm committed to animal welfare and sustainable practices, readers experience the full circle of life—from birth and playful youth to the difficult reality of death. Along the way, the book demonstrates that it is possible to raise animals for meat with kindness, respect, and deep care for the land, the people who work it and the animals themselves.

Aimed at children, parents, and educators, the book’s straightforward language and engaging storytelling make it accessible to readers ages 11 and up, while its honesty and scope give adults much to reflect on as well.  The primary goal is to document a humane and ethical approach to raising meat, encouraging meaningful conversations among families and classrooms about food choices and the impact those choices have on animals and the environment. Ultimately, the book seeks to inspire greater awareness and compassion, fostering a movement toward more humane farming practices and a future beyond factory farming.

Intimate color photography throughout brings the farmers, the farm, and its animals to life, making this an engaging and visually rich resource for readers of all ages. 

Order Hamburgers Don’t Grow on Trees here.

Reviews:

 “Carter gives her readers an intimate look at a world they would never otherwise see.”— Kirkus Reviews

Liza F. Carter’s book is exceptional because she finds a way to balance the facts and reality of raising animals for food supply with compassion and sensitivity. Her beautiful photography shows young readers the life cycle of calves, but it also showcases their entire life on a farm. Carter also shows that animals must be treated with kindness, dignity, and proper care throughout their lives, even though they are being raised for meat. Readers get a rare, behind-the-scenes view of farm life, making it both informative and eye-opening. The photographs help readers to emotionally connect to Lima Bean’s story. This helps not just to foster curiosity but empathy as well. Hamburgers Don’t Grow on Trees is a valuable educational resource that should be in every family’s home, but also in classrooms. It will definitely prompt meaningful conversations about where food comes from and how people’s choices can impact animals and the environment.

Moving with the Seasons: Portrait of a Mongolian Family is a visual and written portrait of life in a nomadic Mongolian family. Filled with photographs and personal perspectives on daily life, the book is an outgrowth of the author’s relationship with the family who became her collaborators in writing this book. The family’s willingness to share with the rest of the world the annual cycle of nomadic life on the Mongolian steppe makes for an unusually intimate portrait of a modern nomadic people. Presented within the context of the often surprising blend of traditional and modern elements of nomadic life, the text and photos document the centrality of animals to the herding community, and their enduring traditions of hospitality capturing the life and spirit of the Mongolian nomads with honor and integrity.

Order Moving with the Seasons here

Reviews:

 If your library has no other book on Mongolia, this should be the one.”
Randall K. Barry, acquisitions and cataloging librarian for Mongolian materials at the Library of Congress, Washington, DC.  (read full review here or here)

“…a rare and in-depth look at the fast-disappearing nomadic culture of Mongolia. Liza Carter’s timely book displays extraordinary passion and sensitivity for the people she meets and with a careful eye…(she)paints a portrait of a traditional nomad family as they struggle to survive the harsh landscape and unforgiving climate in a land once considered the greatest empire on Earth.” Michael Kohn, Author, “Lonely Planet’s Guide to Mongolia”. 

Winner of 7 national book awards, including:

• Nautilus Book Award – Gold Winner for Multicultural/Indigenous
• Independent Book Publishers Association  (Ben Franklin Award) –Silver Winner Multicultural 
• Independent Publisher Book Award – Silver Winner for Multicultural Non-Fiction 
• Davis Orton Gallery – Selected as one of the best 20 Photobooks published in 2013
• Reader Views Literacy Award – First Place for Global Asia Books / Second Place for Travel
• IndieFab Awards – Silver Winner

For bulk orders, or for more information, please send an email to: info@saltwind.net