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Researching crop histories from plant to plate. A Wellcome-funded research project at Cambridge HPS, running 2020–2025.

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@HPSCultivation is excited to see the new article by @daniela_sclavo on gendered understandings of agricultural knowledge in the history of ethnobotany in Mexico. 👩‍🌾🌽🌶️ Up now in Early View: doi.org/10.1177/027807…


A second contribution to our special issue of @plantspplplanet is up now on Early View: an article by @hacurry that considers the role of agricultural extension in the making of the hybrid corn seed industry. 🌽🌱 Open Access! 📖 Find it here: doi.org/10.1002/ppp3.1…


What's in a (crop) name? Tad Brown of @CambridgeHPS and @HPSCultivation explores the tussles between trade interests and taxonomists in a new article on the history of the pimento pepper 🌶️🌶️🌶️ Don't miss it! link.springer.com/article/10.100…


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One for @HPSCultivation and @Leo_CL_Chu 🌶️

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Our special issue of @plantspplplanet on the history of crop science and the future of food is off to a wonderful start with @SollaiMichele's contribution on "The Fascist Green Revolution"! Eds. @hacurry and @RyanNehring promise further good reads and new takes in weeks to come.

📢Out now, OPEN ACCESS📢My article "The Fascist Green Revolution" has just been published in Early View in @plantspplplanet Here's the article link: doi.org/10.1002/ppp3.1…

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"Farm Fields as Toxic Sinkhole" - in the latest Ag History @HPSCultivation team member Tad Brown reviews Adam Romero's account of the origins of agricultural chemicals in toxic industrial wastes: doi.org/10.1215/000214…


Some reflections from @hacurry on our ongoing research -- and why the history of agriculture 🚜 matters to the future of food 🍽️ -- via @GTliberalarts iac.gatech.edu/news/item/6673…


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Evidently I cannot stop writing about maize! 🌽 My extended take on the history of hybrid corn - and the uses of that history in activist critiques of industrial ag - is now out at @Peasant_Journal Open Access! With thanks to @wellcometrust for support. doi.org/10.1080/030661…


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Spoiler: it’s a mighty little book

Check out @RyanNehring's review of @KPeschard's "Seed Activism: Patent Politics and Litigation in the Global South," published in 2022 by @mitpress; review now available @HNet_Reviews #envhist #envhum #aghist h-net.org/reviews/showpd…



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I'll be speaking about my research journey with the forgotten grain "pillas" online this Thursday 16th March at 8pm GMT - part of Sheffield Wheat Experiment's Talks Programme. Sign up here: bit.ly/42cuXWe #heritagegrain #lostcrop #ethnobotany #biocultural

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We're looking forward to this @GlobalFood_Camb session on the history of hunger with @zsuzsannaihar of @HPSCultivation Join the conversation tomorrow on Zoom!

How can we use historical records to better understand rural hunger? Presenting on St Kilda, seabird-human relations, and doomsday food archaeology this Friday, 2pm GMT, Zoom link ~> globalfood.cam.ac.uk/events/coffee-… Photo: National Trust for Scotland @HPSCultivation @CambridgeHPS

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A 80 años de creación de la Oficina de Estudios Especiales, nos proponemos reflexionar sobre las cualidades específicas de esta institución para el impulso e internacionalización de la Revolución Verde ¡Acompáñenos!😄🌱@gabrielasotolav @ViridianaHF @TimothyLorek @FelipeTrujillo

📣Extendemos la invitación al Coloquio Internacional La oficina de estudios especiales y la Revolución Verde 80 años después. 🗓️1 y 2 de febrero a través de: sge.st/q4T3u9r

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The HPS Cultivation team is looking forward to this, too!

Looking forward to this. Virtual and open to the public.



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