A Year On The Field
Project Blog

Jun 7

The PLANTING and cultivation of POTATOES: an insight into a Scottish, early 1900s perspective

Since the early 1800s, Scotland has had a reputation for growing potatoes. Apart from providing a staple food for the population, it had a r

May 3

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...

Jan 20, 2023

Grain Harvesting Technology at The Henry Ford, Dearborn, Michigan, USA

Museum collections contain material culture documenting grain harvesting tools and equipment. The Henry Ford in Dearborn, Michigan, USA,...

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...

Dec 10, 2022

"Share the harvest" Program at Howell Living History Farm (Mercer County, NJ, USA)

As reported in detail in one of the previous blog-posts, the wheat at Howell Living History Farm was harvested using both historic and...

Dec 1, 2022

Early 20th century wheat processing in Lorsch (Germany)

In addition to medieval cultivation methods, the Lauresham Open-Air Laboratory (Germany) also explored agricultural technologies and...

Nov 3, 2022

Wheat harvest at Howell Living History Farm (USA)

The harvest of the 2022 wheat crop at Howell Living History Farm began on June 25th as part of a Saturday event. Normally, three horses...

Aug 24, 2022

A Year on the Field at the Canada Agriculture and Food Museum

To highlight the crop of the year, the Canada Agriculture and Food Museum is growing three cultivars of red wheat in a planter as part of...

Aug 17, 2022

Wheat harvest at Genesee Country Village and Museums (NY, USA)

Genesee Country Village and Museum in New York State is a 19th century living history farm and one of our growers within the Year On The...

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...

Apr 8, 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...

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...

Mar 9, 2022

Soil Preparation at Howell Living History Farm, Mercer County Park Commission (USA)

The 3-acre field is located within the farm's 45 tillable acres.The 130-acre historic farm and surrounding Pleasant Valley Rural Historic...

Feb 16, 2022

Soil preparation at the Wendell Berry Farming Program, Kentucky (USA)

In Henry County, Kentucky, the Wendell Berry Farming Program of Sterling College offers a farming curriculum focused on ecological...

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...