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In search of flax – how popular traditions in Brittany can enlighten about flax-processing operation

Here is a fine expression about flax, typical of the rich imagery of Breton: Hennezh zo mad da frikañ bolc’h (that chap is only good for...

Flax-growing and linen production in medieval iconography: tools, techniques and gestures

In the Middle Ages, textile plants such as flax and hemp provided not only comestibles for humans and animals, most especially in the...

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...

The harvest by painters

Benjamin Ulmann. Entering sheep in the mobile pen for manuring the land. Photo: Georges Carantino The harvest, a moment of strong...

Wheat harvesting, a popular tradition and a how-to chart

The wheat has been harvested, so time to check out a few of the ways that might have been done, but first, a taste of a wheat product not...

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...

Soil preparation at “La petite ferme de Chanon” (Denis Adam), France

Denis Adam and his family from “La petite ferme de Chanon” are yet another grower from the project. We are therefore happy to give you...

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