LMD Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 Anyone happen to have any stellar resources for Agricultural and/or Horticultural history, any country or time period? I've been googling and amazoning and thought I'd ask the Hive too :D Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deee Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 Yep: Work, Trade and Farming Through the Ages, Dr J Harwood (Ed) Lorenz Books, 2001. Starts with Stone Age and travels the globe (even Australia gets a mention). Nice pictures of tools, maps, a timeline and some activities. I bought mine from a bookshop in the Blue Mountains Danielle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LMD Posted March 19, 2012 Author Share Posted March 19, 2012 Thanks Danielle! I had seen that one in my searches but it's hard to find a copy of! Nice to hear that it's a good resource though, might have to start scouring the local places... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 Not exactly history, but Farm Anatomyis on my wish list. And I'm not sure what you are planning, but don't forget about Encyclopedia of Country Living. Waldorf Grade 3 covers farming. Googling should bring up some interesting resources. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pen Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 For a 7 and 5 year old? Or just in general? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deee Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 If you can find any of John Seymours books in the library, he has glorious photos and drawings of old tools and people doing everyday farming work, as well as lovely text. You'll find lots of great farming poems on various Waldorf sites. Try Paul King's website "Straight line and curve" for starters. D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pen Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 Hmmm. Don't want to waste lots of time suggesting for wrong age range, but will make a few and give you a bump up. Harvestersa volume of the Work Throughout History series by Irene Franck and D. Brownstone c. 1987. It has a good bibliography in the back also with things like Farmer's of 40 Centuries (China = focus) --------------- Some worthwhile movies include: Queen of the Sun (bees) something like One Cow, One Man, One _____ (can't recall the exact title, if you find it, link it please, as it is one I would like to buy)--about biodynamic farming. ---------------- Less of history and more of relation to culture, economy, etc., or just farming related or horticulture related: works by Luther Burbank Masanobu Fukuoka One Straw Revolution I think there is something by Mary Shelly's mother called something like Notes from an Edwardian Lady (????) about horticultural observations from England at the time she lived. Wendell Berry works such as Culture and Agriculture Sacred Economics by Charles Eisenstein and works by EF Schumacher... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LMD Posted March 20, 2012 Author Share Posted March 20, 2012 Thanks so much everyone! Age range is not an issue, it's mostly for me in preparation of writing our own history curriculum from an agricultural/horticultural perspective, but anything especially good for children would be appreciated too. So anything really for me to look at, any sort of tangent is great! This is my term holiday project... Some fantastic suggestions that I haven't come across, I never considered waldorf-y stuff. Thanks so much, I knew you guys were awesome! ETA - not to mention the possibility of a tree change coming up soon, so it's all on the brain at the moment! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LMD Posted March 20, 2012 Author Share Posted March 20, 2012 If you can find any of John Seymours books in the library, he has glorious photos and drawings of old tools and people doing everyday farming work, as well as lovely text. You'll find lots of great farming poems on various Waldorf sites. Try Paul King's website "Straight line and curve" for starters. D Now that you mention it, I think DH has one of John Seymour's books around somewhere - the self-sufficiency one... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LMD Posted March 20, 2012 Author Share Posted March 20, 2012 Hmmm. Don't want to waste lots of time suggesting for wrong age range, but will make a few and give you a bump up. Harvestersa volume of the Work Throughout History series by Irene Franck and D. Brownstone c. 1987. It has a good bibliography in the back also with things like Farmer's of 40 Centuries (China = focus) --------------- Some worthwhile movies include: Queen of the Sun (bees) something like One Cow, One Man, One _____ (can't recall the exact title, if you find it, link it please, as it is one I would like to buy)--about biodynamic farming. ---------------- Less of history and more of relation to culture, economy, etc., or just farming related or horticulture related: works by Luther Burbank Masanobu Fukuoka One Straw Revolution I think there is something by Mary Shelly's mother called something like Notes from an Edwardian Lady (????) about horticultural observations from England at the time she lived. Wendell Berry works such as Culture and Agriculture Sacred Economics by Charles Eisenstein and works by EF Schumacher... Just ordered Harvesters from Amazon for $3 (even with $10 international shipping I'm happy about the price) so thankyou! Will look into the others as well, just ran out of time today! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momto2Cs Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 Here's a good timeline of food. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LMD Posted March 20, 2012 Author Share Posted March 20, 2012 I'm also planning to scour currclick and scholastic and see what I come up with... I've already ordered a few others (before posting) and one on kindle, so lots of reading to do! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcconnellboys Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 Century Farm is very good, but maybe not for littles.... Bobbie Kalman has a number of great books out related to farming: Sheep Farming http://www.alibris.com/booksearch.detail?invid=11077552911&browse=1&qwork=2986031&qsort=&page=1 Orchard Farming http://www.alibris.com/booksearch.detail?invid=11189338663&browse=1&qwork=2986025&qsort=&page=1 Beekeeping http://www.amazon.com/Hooray-Beekeeping-Farming-Bobbie-Kalman/dp/0865056544 Dairy farming http://www.chapters.indigo.ca/books/Hooray-for-Dairy-Farming-Bobbie-Kalman/9780865056503-item.html?cookieCheck=1 Farm Animals http://www.powells.com/biblio?isbn=9780778795773 Poultry farming (don't know if there are any of these available anywhere, but maybe libraries still have them) http://www.abebooks.com/9780865056657/Hooray-Poultry-Farming-Kalman-Bobbie-086505665X/plp Baby pigs http://www.boomerangbooks.com.au/Baby-Pigs/Bobbie-Kalman/book_9780778739623.htm ...and there are tons of others! If you want info on an earlier period of farming, there is Early Farm Life http://books.google.com/books/about/Early_Farm_Life.html?id=-bpOSZRoyNUC ...and if you want to look at what was done with excess produce, etc., there's Early Stores and Markets http://books.google.com/books/about/Early_Stores_and_Markets.html?id=vWOVybs3ltsC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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