The Past Harvests Project
The Past Harvests Project
Was life simpler for farmers in the past, in a world without huge, complex machinery, agribusinesses, agrichemicals and pesticides, genetic engineering, and the many and various interventions by central government, never mind international regulations? Yes, but our Past Harvests research project shows that life could still be very complicated in other ways. In 1759, […]
In early January, five members of the Past Harvests project team ventured across snow and ice for initial visits to Chatsworth House and Holkham Hall. The purpose of our visits was to meet with the archive teams of each estate and discuss the practicalities of assessing their impressive, often untapped collections. Both estates are situated […]
