{"id":61,"date":"2025-11-04T11:11:14","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T11:11:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/pastharvests\/?page_id=61"},"modified":"2025-11-25T09:24:39","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T09:24:39","slug":"the-past-harvests-project","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/pastharvests\/","title":{"rendered":"The Past Harvests Project"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p style=\"font-size:23px;font-style:normal;font-weight:500\">Informing contemporary UK land use policy through a sustainability assessment of farming systems in the medieval and early modern period<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"684\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/pastharvests\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/689\/2025\/11\/medievalfarming-sm.gif\" alt=\"Medieval farming\" class=\"wp-image-329\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Past Harvests Project is a research project combining history, business analysis and environmental science to provide historical insight on contemporary farming challenges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A better understanding of historic farming practice and food production in our landscape can provide a guide for UK agriculture now and in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Researchers at the University of Exeter will examine archival records over a 600-year period \u2013 from the Middle Ages to the Victorian era \u2013 and assign a sustainability rating to each historical era.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>\u201cThis is an independent look at how our ancestors managed the land for food, for environment and biodiversity, and cultural benefits,\u201d&nbsp;says&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/experts.exeter.ac.uk\/25425-alex-inman\"><em>Professor Alex Inman<\/em><\/a><em>, project lead in Exeter\u2019s Business School and a specialist in natural resource management.&nbsp;\u201cAnd from that, we will ask the question of whether there is anything we can learn that applies to the current debate around land management. Are there examples where farming systems were sustainable across more than one dimension? Or has such a state never existed in any capacity?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Past Harvests: Informing contemporary UK land use policy through a sustainability assessment of farming systems in the medieval and early modern period\u00a0will run from 2025 to 2028.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Informing contemporary UK land use policy through a sustainability assessment of farming systems in the medieval and early modern period The Past Harvests Project is a research project combining history, business analysis and environmental science to provide historical insight on contemporary farming challenges. A better understanding of historic farming practice and food production in our [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2765,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-sidebar-boxed-feature-img.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Past Harvests Project - The Past Harvests Project<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/pastharvests\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Past Harvests Project - The Past Harvests Project\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Informing contemporary UK land use policy through a sustainability assessment of farming systems in the medieval and early modern period The Past Harvests Project is a research project combining history, business analysis and environmental science to provide historical insight on contemporary farming challenges. A better understanding of historic farming practice and food production in our [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/pastharvests\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Past Harvests Project\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-11-25T09:24:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/pastharvests\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/689\/2025\/11\/medievalfarming-sm.gif\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/pastharvests\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/pastharvests\/\",\"name\":\"The Past Harvests Project - The Past Harvests Project\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/pastharvests\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/pastharvests\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/pastharvests\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/pastharvests\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/689\/2025\/11\/medievalfarming-sm.gif\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-11-04T11:11:14+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-11-25T09:24:39+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/pastharvests\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/pastharvests\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/pastharvests\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/pastharvests\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/689\/2025\/11\/medievalfarming-sm.gif\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/pastharvests\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/689\/2025\/11\/medievalfarming-sm.gif\",\"width\":684,\"height\":500,\"caption\":\"Medieval farming\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/pastharvests\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/pastharvests\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"The Past Harvests Project\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/pastharvests\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/pastharvests\/\",\"name\":\"The Past Harvests Project\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/pastharvests\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"The Past Harvests Project - The Past Harvests Project","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/pastharvests\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"The Past Harvests Project - The Past Harvests Project","og_description":"Informing contemporary UK land use policy through a sustainability assessment of farming systems in the medieval and early modern period The Past Harvests Project is a research project combining history, business analysis and environmental science to provide historical insight on contemporary farming challenges. A better understanding of historic farming practice and food production in our [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/pastharvests\/","og_site_name":"The Past Harvests Project","article_modified_time":"2025-11-25T09:24:39+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/pastharvests\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/689\/2025\/11\/medievalfarming-sm.gif"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/pastharvests\/","url":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/pastharvests\/","name":"The Past Harvests Project - The Past Harvests Project","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/pastharvests\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/pastharvests\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/pastharvests\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/pastharvests\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/689\/2025\/11\/medievalfarming-sm.gif","datePublished":"2025-11-04T11:11:14+00:00","dateModified":"2025-11-25T09:24:39+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/pastharvests\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/pastharvests\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/pastharvests\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/pastharvests\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/689\/2025\/11\/medievalfarming-sm.gif","contentUrl":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/pastharvests\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/689\/2025\/11\/medievalfarming-sm.gif","width":684,"height":500,"caption":"Medieval farming"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/pastharvests\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/pastharvests\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The Past Harvests Project"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/pastharvests\/#website","url":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/pastharvests\/","name":"The Past Harvests Project","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/pastharvests\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/pastharvests\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/61"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/pastharvests\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/pastharvests\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/pastharvests\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2765"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/pastharvests\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61"}],"version-history":[{"count":30,"href":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/pastharvests\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/61\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":433,"href":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/pastharvests\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/61\/revisions\/433"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/pastharvests\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/pastharvests\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/pastharvests\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}