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One Hundred Thirty Nine Harvests: Haying at the Central Experimental Farm and the Canada Agriculture and Food Museum
As a working farm and historic site in the heart of Canada’s Capital, the decision to highlight hay by the A Year On The Field project...
Aug 29


Grower Intro "Burghof Damm" (GER)
It is time for the Introduction of our second growers for this years "Hay year". Burghof Damm Our second grower this year is the small...
Aug 28


Haymaking in the medieval period (c. 500–1500 A.D.)
Hay plays an important role in modern agriculture; it is used as fodder for horses, cattle and other ruminants and in times when it is...
Aug 27


Hay Makers Journal, Donn Hewes, Part I
We are happy to share the first part of Donn Hewes`s (Northland Sheep Farm, USA) Hay Makers Journal that he started for A Year On The...
Jul 11


Hay Stories #3 (Lukáš Balhar, Czech Republic)
Today we are happy to dive into our first hay story from Eastern Europe. Lukáš Balhar, a young farmer from the Czech Republic is not only...
Jun 11


Grower Intro "Koch Family Farm" (GER)
Its time to start introducing the growers of this years "Hay Year". The Koch family from Eberbach, natural and traditional farming with...
May 13


Traditional Haymaking by hand in the early United States (1800-1900). An Overview
Mixed grasses on a meadow: brome and fescue. Copyright: Lauren Muney. Imagine yourself as a farmer before the invention of tractors and...
Apr 29


Potato report by Howell Living History Farm (Mercer County, NJ, USA)
First, a bit of background on the farm's potato production, now entering its 40th year: Â "Our first crop was in 1985 just a year after...
Feb 12


The Potato year at Luisenhof (Germany)
Frank Kelleners, one of the owners of Luisenhof, was able to provide the Year on the Field Project a full potato report: "In the autumn...
Feb 11


The potato year at Purdue University: a scientific project to research the power of draft animals
The activities of our potato year are part of a project funded by an NCSARE Partnership Grant called "Addressing knowledge gaps in animal...
Aug 20, 2024


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


Potato's Journey: From Feed to Slovenian Favourite
Despite growing recognition in Slovenia during the 18th century, the potato faced significant resistance, with many viewing it primarily...
Jun 14, 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


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 21, 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


From Field Preparation to Planting – Insights at Hedge Rose Farm (OR, USA)
Hedge Rose Farm is located in the intermountain west, high desert area of Oregon. They're a small, primarily horse-powered market farm...
May 10, 2024


Soil Preparation at Howell Farm (Mercer County Park Commission, NJ, USA)
As soon as the weather conditions permitted, tillage work began on the potato field at our grower Howell Farm
Apr 26, 2024


Sowing flax in Austria by "Das Halbe Team"
In March, we ploughed a meadow into a field of arable land with a tractor on our estate management Fridau, Obergrafendorf/Lower Austria....
May 26, 2023
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