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Introducing our growers: Luisenhof - Farm Community Linden & Kelleners (GER)
Along with their friend Daniel Linden, Frank Kelleners and his son Maximilian run a small self-sufficient farm with horses. The farm is...
May 17, 2024

From Planting to Hilling. Field Report from the "WIR in Lorsch" Project (Lauresham Open-Air Laboratory)
Three years ago, we – the Lauresham Open-Air Laboratory (part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Lorsch Abbey and the State Palaces and...
May 14, 2024


From Field Preparation to Planting – Insights at Hedge Rose Farm (OR, USA)
Hedge Rose Farm is located in the intermountain west, high desert area of Oregon. They're a small, primarily horse-powered market farm...
May 10, 2024


Introducing our growers: Hessenpark Open-Air Museum
Hessenpark is a long-standing partner of the ‘A Year On The Field’ project and has participated in every growing year (wheat, flax and...
May 7, 2024

From farm to fork: about the history of potatoes in Sweden
The potato has played a very important role in Sweden over the last two centuries. Initially, they were used as an emergency food and for...
May 3, 2024


Introducing our growers: Kaltbluthof Peter Wolf
The Kaltbluthof Peter Wolf is a small farm in North Hesse, Germany. They farm 1 ha of arable land of which about 500 square metres are potat
Apr 30, 2024


Soil Preparation at Howell Farm (Mercer County Park Commission, NJ, USA)
As soon as the weather conditions permitted, tillage work began on the potato field at our grower Howell Farm
Apr 26, 2024

And… BEFORE the potato came to Europe…
In his book The Fascinating World of the Nightshades, Charles Heiser devotes a whole chapter to “How to Spend a Quiet Evening with a Potato”
Apr 23, 2024


Introducing our growers: Domäne Dahlem
Aerial view of the Domäne Dahlem. Photo: D. Laubner The “Domäne Dahlem” is an open-air museum for agricultural and food culture with an...
Apr 19, 2024


Start of the potato year!
The A Year On The Field project kicks off this week with the start of reporting on the big potato year. Over the next few months...
Apr 9, 2024
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