Photos and brief descriptions of farm tools used in farming the plains in the 19th century.

Presents a timeline of the history of farming in the U.S. between 1850 and 1933. Highlights include the Homestead Act of 1862, the Agricultural Act of May 1933, Emergency Farm Mortgage Act, and The Federal Surplus Relief Corporation.

Students will be able to discuss the changes in agriculture throughout history and its effect on foods and food production of today. Additionally, students will be able to discuss the effect of commercial farming on the environment.

Take a closer look at some of the earliest farming civilizations and the plants and animals they domesticated. This quick exercise using the Agriculture and Civilization Infographic has you consider the regional differences in...

An overview of the Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot and his attempt to form a Communist peasant farming society in Cambodia that resulted in the deaths of 25 percent of the country's population from starvation, overwork, and executions.

An overview of the Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot and his attempt to form a Communist peasant farming society in Cambodia that resulted in the deaths of 25 percent of the country's population from starvation, overwork, and executions.

Over the course of many years, humans evolved to abandon foraging and took up farming for their food needs. Scientists are still not sure why humans abandoned foraging and took up farming in several places around the world at about the...

An infographic about how human civilization changed as they moved away from forging for food to farming.

Dual-language site containing images and documents that show the role Mexican Americans have played in the history and development of Arizona.

This is a brief history of the WWII Bracero Program which hired Mixcan migrant workers for American farms.

This is a brief history of the WWII Bracero Program which hired Mixcan migrant workers for American farms.

This is a brief history of the WWII Bracero Program which hired Mixcan migrant workers for American farms.