Flax cultivation at the Estonian Agricultural Museum
The Museum The Estonian Agricultural Museum is located in the historic Ülenurme Manor estate near Tartu. The museum, founded in 1968,...
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May 19, 2023
Flax to Linen in Vancouver, Canada - Kwantlen Polytechnic University and EartHand Gleaners
The "A Year On The Field" project welcomes a new grower - the partnership of the Kwantlen Polytechnic University and EartHand Gleaners...
May 12, 2023
Looking back at the last Flax Year - Experiences from the Lauresham Open-Air Laboratory (Germany)
The Open-Air Laboratory Lauresham is an archaeological open-air museum which, among other things, deals with the education and research...
Feb 17, 2023
Flax to linen at the Colonial Pennsylvania Plantation
Background The Colonial Pennsylvania Plantation (CPP) is a living history museum interpreting the lives of English colonists living in...
Dec 19, 2022
Wheat processing at Carter Historic Farm (USA)
We are happy to share Corinne Gordons report on wheat processing at Carter Historic Farm as part of our last posting regarding our wheat...
Sep 28, 2022
The wheat cultivation cycle at the Lauresham Open-Air Lab (Germany) - a "video diary"
The Lauresham Open-Air Laboratory is focusing on educating the public about the Early Middle Ages and is at the same time a research...
Jul 1, 2022
Looking back - a wheat cultivation cycle at Sterling College (Wendell Berry Farming Program, USA)
As our wheat crop ripens through to the flint stage, it is time to sharpen our sickles and prepare for the harvest. Most (nearly all) of...
Jun 22, 2022
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...
May 18, 2022
Wheat sowing at Barrington Plantation State Historic Site (Texas, USA)
On a cloudy Oct 10th 2021, the staff at Barrington Plantation State Historic Site (focusing on the American South in the 1840-50s; see...
May 11, 2022
Sowing wheat in the surroundings of the Open-Air Laboratory Lauresham, Germany (#WirinLorsch)
In October 2021, a field was sown with the baking wheat variety ´Avian´ in the area surrounding the Lauresham Open-Air Laboratory as part...
May 4, 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...
Apr 20, 2022
Wheat sowing at Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill, Kentucky (USA)
Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill in Harrodsburg, Kentucky, is a landmark destination that shares 3,000 acres (1214 hectares) of discovery...
Mar 23, 2022
Wheat breeding - a contested practice
Growing grain and breeding grain were for a long time inseparable activities. Until the end of the 19th century, grain producers were...
Feb 23, 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...
Dec 23, 2021
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 8, 2021
A 1940 wheat seed box
A Year On The Field is not just about the big picture, but also about little anecdotes and wheat-stories. We were particularly pleased...
Nov 27, 2021
A Year on the field in Irish and Welsh medieval testimony
Part 1: Seed, Sowing and a Dash of Soil, in a Food Systems Context Abstract Medieval testimony can show us agricultural cycles for grains...
Nov 17, 2021
A wheat seed story - introducing 'A Year On The Field'
The two pictures above could not be more opposite: On the left is a charred wheat grain. It comes from the Neolithic East Mound (7th...
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