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Insights from our grower Denis Adam from his "La petite ferme de chanon" (France)
We have already reported in one of our previous blogposts about the wheat cultivation of Denis Adam and his family and today we want to...
Jun 22, 2022


"To take on responsibility in times of crisis" A thought from the field
As part of the experiments on medieval agriculture and the `A Year On The Field" project, also food is produced at the Lauresham Open-Air...
May 25, 2022


Let's plant the seeds early!
"A Thought From The Field" on the question of introducing children to the topics of food production and textiles When a few weeks ago the...
May 4, 2022


A weedy window on medieval wheat farming
Abstract We have exceedingly little historical evidence for crop husbandry practices in Anglo-Saxon and medieval England, prior to the...
Apr 28, 2022


Thoughts from the field: Ed Schultz on the pleasures of working the land
The Year On The Field project is more than a simple collaboration and research project. It is also about experiences, impressions and...
Apr 17, 2022


Official Announcement: Flax is the new 'Year On the Field' crop. Call for participants!
Common Flax (Linum usitatissimum) is a very important field crop worldwide and not only provides food (seeds and oil), but also is the...
Apr 1, 2022


Wheat cultivation in the Panna district of Madhya Pradesh: presentation of an indigenous plough type
Malyaj Shrivastava, Contributor for the A Year On the Field project, travelled to the Panna district of Madhya Pradesh (India) last...
Mar 31, 2022


Soil preparation at Luisenhof (Germany)
To conclude our insights into soil preparation, today we would like to take a closer look at the work carried out at Luisenhof (Linden &...
Mar 30, 2022


Of Ponies, a historic castle and a small wheat field. Some personal thoughts from Carol Streefkerk
My name is Carol Streefkerk and I was born in the Netherlands. As a child always busy with my pony, the logical consequence was an...
Mar 17, 2022


Thoughts from the field - Wheat production in Ukraine in the light of the current crisis
A very personal „Thought from the field“ from Claus Kropp, project coordinator of "The Year On The Field" project, in the light of the...
Feb 28, 2022


Wheat in early medieval England: an archaeological view
Abstract What can we learn about cereal farming in early medieval England? While the subject benefits from the emergence a rich written...
Feb 23, 2022


WHEAT: A Miscellany of Memories
I am writing from the Highlands of Scotland, where, unlike oats and barley, owing to the environment, climate, and local farming...
Feb 9, 2022


Thoughts from the field: A Snowy Reprieve for Winter Wheat
A welcome, winter blast gave us historical farmers in New Jersey, USA, a bit of help this past Saturday, by covering our field of winter...
Feb 2, 2022


"Zoom-in" – January on the wheat field at the Open-Air Laboratory Lauresham (Germany)
In the overview recently published on this website, the aim was to illustrate the different weather conditions in January in the growing...
Jan 28, 2022


Our wheat fields in winter
Most of our growers have already sown their wheat last autumn. Now in January, the fields are in a very different state and in the...
Jan 26, 2022


Soil preparation at the Karl Bauer Organic Farm (Germany)
After looking at an early medieval context in relation to soil preparation last week, today's coverage is about jumping into the 21st...
Jan 19, 2022


Soil preparation at the Open-Air Laboratory Lauresham (Germany)
After dealing with wheat in general and seeds in particular, we would like to present to you for the next six weeks in our blog...
Jan 12, 2022


Seeds and Soil documentation
The first months of the project are now behind us and we have the opportunity to provide a short interim report. One focus of the project...
Dec 23, 2021


The diversity of common wheat within 19th century grain cultivation
The collection of the Lauresham Open-Air laboratory includes a "Handbuch des Getreideanbaus" published by Friedrich Körnicke and Hugo...
Dec 15, 2021


AIMA lecture on A Year On The Field
Last Monday, Claus Kropp gave a first introductory lecture on our project at the general assembly of AIMA (International Association of...
Dec 11, 2021
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