Organization and conference information. A Science Center dealing with topics such as food, nutrition, agriculture, with a historical approach on a worldwide scale. Website has virtual exhibitions on the history of food and agriculture, farmers of the world, and the "Banquet de l'Humanité" (the dining table of the world). Promotes the study of agricultural history and the history of the rural economy and society. Organization information, upcoming conferences, and links to related websites. Chronology of the development of horticulture in Europe and North America, with a set of articles on associated topics. An history of the development of the Ferguson tractor. Contains a history of the USDA Agricultural Research Service's fruit fly research in Hawaii. Presented in layperson's terms. Illustrated. Illustrated overview of the origins and development of agriculture, with bibiliography, notes from early cultures, and pictures of early farm implements and tractors. Course outline that was distributed to students in Ohio State University Professor Freeman S. Howlett's course titled "The History and Literature of Horticulture: From Earliest Times to the Present," taught in 1968. History and pictures of cotton modules and cotton module trucks. (Lubbock, Texas, USA) Introduction to the history of cultivation and spread of some common crops. Features published original sources for 19th and early 20th century rural culture, farming methods, and gardening skills. |