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Dec 19, 2024
The potato harvest of the ‘WIR in Lorsch’ project
This year's potato harvest was characterised by mixed feelings for the ‘WIR in Lorsch’ project (for more info regarding the project see...
Jun 21, 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 4, 2024
The "Solawi Große Erde", their community-supported agriculture and their start into the Potato Year
The Solawi ("Solidarische Landwirtschaft" meaning "community-supported agriculture") Große Erde, Vorderpfalz is supported by over 160...
May 21, 2024
Our grower Auenhof Pabstthum and their start into the potato year
The Auenhof Pabstthum is a certified organic farm according to the EU directive and is located about 70 kilometres northwest of Berlin...
May 17, 2024
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 14, 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 7, 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...
Apr 19, 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 9, 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...
Jul 21, 2023
Our Flax Year at the Gut Ogrosen (Germany)
At the Gut Ogrosen we started with the flax cultivation during the year 2021 with the brown shell oil-flax variety "Lirina". Since we...
Jan 20, 2023
Year On The Field “Wheat Year” Completion
The Year On The Field project looks back on a successful first crop year from preparation to processing. We learned about diverse...
Jan 19, 2023
Threshing day at Luisenhof (Germany)
Today we are happy to post yet another final wheat-report, in this case from our grower Luisenhof in Germany. Here comes the personal...
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...
Oct 28, 2022
Wheat harvest at the Luisenhof (Germany)
We are happy to post a short report about the wheat harvest at Luisenhof: During the wheat harvest, our friend Markus supported us with...
Oct 11, 2022
Wheat harvest at the Hessenpark Open-Air Museum (Germany)
In the second week of August the team of the Hessenpark Open-Air Museum harvested their grain. Due to extremely dry weather, it could...
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...
Sep 19, 2022
Baking the past – the Iron Age bread buns from Niederkaina
The Archäotechnisches Zentrum Welzow e.V. contributes to the Year On The Field with an experimental project about Early Iron Age food,...
Jul 7, 2022
Niederkaina, an Overview of the Burials with Food Remains made of or containing Wheat
The Archäotechnisches Zentrum Welzow e.V. contributes to the Year On The Field with an experimental project about Early Iron Age food,...
May 25, 2022
"To take on responsibility in times of crisis" A thought from the field
As part of the experiments on medieval agriculture and the `A Year On The Field" project, also food is produced at the Lauresham Open-Air...
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...
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