Farming history Farming history Ancient Mesoamerican agriculture dates to the Archaic period of Mesoamerican chronology ( 8000- 2000 BC). During this period, many of the hunter gatherer micro-bands in the region began to cultivate wild plants. The cultivation of these plants probably started out as creating known areas of fall back, or starvation foods, near seasonal camps, that the band could rely on when hunting was bad, or when there was a drought. The plants could have been brought purposely, or by accident. The former could have been done by bringing a wild plant food closer to a camp site, or to a frequented area, so it was easier to get to or collect. The latter could have happened as certain plant seeds were eaten and not fully digested, causing these plants to grow wherever human habitation would take them. By creating these known areas of plant food, it would have been easier for the band to be in the right place, at the right time, to collect them. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ancient Mesoamerican agriculture"
The British Agricultural Revolution describes a period of agricultural development in Britain between the 16th century and the mid- 19th century, which saw a massive increase in agricultural productivity and net output. This in turn supported unprecedented population growth, freeing up a significant percentage of the workforce, and thereby helped drive the Industrial Revolution. How this came about is not entirely clear. In recent decades, historians cited four key changes in agricultural practices, enclosure, mechanization, four-field crop rotation, and selective breeding, and gave credit to a relatively few individuals. However, current thinking suggests that fundamental changes in workforce organization, crops and farming methods were largely responsible. For this reason, historians may argue that there was in fact no "revolution", simply a rapid evolution of methods that led to a sharp rise in productivity. ...more on Wikipedia about "British Agricultural Revolution"
Chinampa is an Aztec term referring to a method of ancient Mesoamerican agriculture through floating gardens—small, rectangle-shaped areas of fertile arable land used for agriculture in the Xochimilco region of the Basin of Mexico. Chinampas were stationary artificial islands that are used for growing crops. Chinampas were used for most of the Pre-Columbian period in the central part of modern-day Mexico; it is estimated that food provided by chinampas made up one-half to two-thirds of the food consumed by the city of Tenochtitlán (modern-day Mexico City). Chinampas became less common after the Spanish conquest of Mexico, but some still exist. The word comes from the Nahuatl word chinamitl, meaning " square made of canes." ...more on Wikipedia about "Chinampa"
A hambar ( Danube Swabian German: hambar, Serbian: ambar/амбар or čardak/чардак, Bulgarian: хамбар (hambar)) is a corn crib or small building commonly used for storing and drying maize in the Balkans and the neighbouring regions in the Pannonian plain. The word comes from Turkish ambar. The word and the concept are used in Europe as far north as Hungary. The word in its original form ambar is also used in Serbian, together with the alternative word čardak (chardak in English), which is also of Turkish origin, and sometimes was also used to designate a house. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hambar"
Pannage is an English legal term for the practice of turning out domestic pigs in a wood or forest, in order that they may feed on such things as fallen acorns or beechmast. Today Pannage is observed in the New Forest national park, known as "Common of Mast", where it is still an important part of the forest ecology. Pigs can eat acorns and beechmast without a problem, whereas to ponies these foods are poisonous. The minimum duration of the Pannage season is 60 days, but the start date varies according to the weather - and when the acorns fall. The Court of Verderers decides when Pannage will start each year. At other times the pigs must be taken in and kept on the owner's land, with the exception that breeding sows (known as "privileged sows") are by custom allowed out, providing that they return to the owner's holding at night and are not a nuisance. ...more on Wikipedia about "Pannage"
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