A Year On The Field
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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,...

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...

"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...

Wheat Harvest and Reaper Technology at Firestone Farm in Greenfield Village at The Henry Ford (USA)

Lazy days of summer start for some farmers only after they finish the most stressful time of their year – grain harvest. Wheat ripeness...

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Official Announcement: Flax is the new 'Year On the Field' crop. Call for participants!

Common Flax (Linum usitatissimum) is a very important field crop worldwide and not only provides food (seeds and oil), but also is the...

WHEAT: A Miscellany of Memories

I am writing from the Highlands of Scotland, where, unlike oats and barley, owing to the environment, climate, and local farming...

WHEAT, A 1990s PHOTOGRAPHIC ESSAY

INTRODUCTION From 1990 to the end of 1996, I had the honour to be Curator at the Weald & Downland Open Air Museum, Singleton, West Sussex...

Launch of our official project promo clip

With this official promo clip, we want to give you a first impression of what you can expect from the project group in the upcoming year....

A Year on the Field