The invention of agriculture changed humans and the environment forever, and over several thousand years, the practice originated independently in a least a dozen different places. But why did ...

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 ...

Long before cities or empires, the domestication of just eight key plants laid the foundation for agriculture and human civilization. This video explores how these ancient crops revolutionized food ...

Agricultural methods over the past 12,000 years have been responsible for two-thirds of our excess greenhouse gases, essentially mining soil carbon and converting it to carbon dioxide and methane, ...

The advent of agriculture was a significant turning point in the history of modern humans, beyond which humans started living a sedentary life and formed a so-called 'civilization.' However, the ...

Thanks to a grant from Minnesota’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund, attendees got to learn about Minnesota’s farming past ...

WATSONVILLE >> Known for its fertile soil farmed for generations by waves of immigrant communities, the small Central Coast city of Watsonville is readying to celebrate 150 years since its ...

In this informative and place-specific presentation, Debra Reid explores the fascinating and relatively untold story of Illinois’ agricultural history. Catered for each region, this presentation ...

Researchers have uncovered evidence that underscores one long-debated theory: that agriculture arose out of moments of surplus, when environmental conditions were improving, and populations lived in ...