First, a bit of background on the farm's potato production, now entering its 40th year:   "Our first crop was in 1985 just a year after...

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

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...

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

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

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

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...

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...

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...

In October 2021, a field was sown with the baking wheat variety ´Avian´ in the area surrounding the Lauresham Open-Air Laboratory as part...

The Carter Historic Farm is a Great Depression-era living history farm in Bowling Green, Ohio. They raise livestock and heirloom grains...

Growing grain and breeding grain were for a long time inseparable activities. Until the end of the 19th century, grain producers were...

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

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

A Year On The Field is not just about the big picture, but also about little anecdotes and wheat-stories. We were particularly pleased...