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Countdown Hay year - only 10 days to go!
Send in your pics, vids and stories now! On April 15th, we will officially start with our hay year. On a weekly basis, you will get a...
6 days ago


Introducing our growers: Micu Viorel from Romania
In the scenic area of Brasov County's village of Holbav, Mr. Micu Viorel's traditional household stands as a testament to Romanian rural...
Jul 24, 2024

The LANG organic farm (Biolandbetrieb) in Germany, its ecological farming methods and their current potato year
With over 33 years of experience, the small-scale ecological farm LANG has made significant strides. Their traditional farming methods,...
Jun 26, 2024


News from Auenhof Pabstthum: maintaining and weeding the potato cultures
On the 6th of April so approximately two weeks after planting the potatoes, the team from Auenhof Pabstthum began to harrow the ridges...
Jun 21, 2024


Our potato fields in May
In the following photo compilation, we would like to give you a small impression of what our growers' potato fields around the world look li
May 24, 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

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...
May 12, 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...
Feb 17, 2023

Wheat - a photo series of Colonial Williamsburg (USA)
Although wheat was not grown this year at Colonial Williamsburg, this series of captioned photos over the previous years can show you the...
Dec 21, 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...
Jul 1, 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...
Jun 22, 2022


Wheat sowing at Carter Historic Farm (Ohio, USA)
The Carter Historic Farm is a Great Depression-era living history farm in Bowling Green, Ohio. They raise livestock and heirloom grains...
Apr 8, 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
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