Have you ever wondered where our agricultural crops come from? And what were they like thousands of years ago, or hundreds of years ago? Our food crops today are in fact very different from the ...

PLAISTOW — The Plaistow Historical Society will hold a discussion on Tuesday, Sept. 19, at 6 p.m., to gain insight on how barns give insight on the history of agriculture and state heritage at the ...

According to a study published in Science on May 24, scientists have used phytolith analysis and other methods to reveal the continuous evolutionary history of rice from wild to domesticated over an ...

New archaeological evidence points to an independent origin of agriculture in coastal Ecuador 10,000 to 12,000 years ago. Suddenly, the remains of larger squash plants appear in the record. The Las ...

Farming didn t emerge in the Andes due to crisis or scarcity it was a savvy and resilient evolution. Ancient diets remained stable for millennia, blending wild and domesticated foods while cultural ...

The Western Illinois Normal School opens for the 1902-1903 academic year with 229 students. Agricultural experiment plots are established. They consist of forty different plots with plans calling for ...

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This research explains what happened to agricultural soil fertility during the “Campanha do Trigo” (Wheat Campaign) in Portugal, which began in 1929. It is commonly understood that the excessive ...