How 19th-century pineapple plantations turned Maui into a tinderbox - The Guardian. #aghist #envhist https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/aug/27/maui-wildfire-water-plantations-ecology

We are pleased to announce that more than 1‘000 films from 23 institutions in 9 European countries are now accessible on the ARH/ERHFA Portal: https://ruralfilms.eu/filmdatabaseOnline/index.php?function=show_static_page&id_static_page=1
#SwissHistory #ruralhistory #histCH #archivCH #ruralfilms #HumanAnimalStudies #aghist #foodhistory #ruralwomen

RT @SollaiMichele@twitter.com

📢19/01 - Save the date!📢 My colleague Marianna Fenzi and I have organized the workshop “Green Revolution(s): Contested Paths of Agricultural Modernization in the 20th Century,” which will take place at the EPFL, Lausanne (and virtually - reach out for the zoom link).

#envhist #envhum #aghist

To reach Michele for the zoom link: https://www.carsoncenter.uni-muenchen.de/staff_fellows/visiting_scholars/michele_sollai/index.html

An example for the invention of traditions as well as the food policy of Switzerland in the 20th century: Fondue – a „natural processed product“, blog post by Peter Moser (13.11.2019):
https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/en/2019/11/story-of-fondue-in-switzerland/?fbclid=IwAR19tPFSOAROA-tyl10mB5yCjqkQIgbH0AWXzDAO_vDQFHDpqrdOsLZ-gZE_aem_Ab76YICaTSXLL19nIC3AqOfa9Ej8XW_5OMBPWwCeLeUk8bLjyGb6PmiAIONZVP97bQGIx-FfFcC2pkefGZNe_Cp2SIz2eGqntVpaQtLf4jK8UW9OaC1_JPXUvMRvHdJ9FAwE3Q-jxKdtnktJtNei-P5L
#aghist #ruralhistory #archivCH #food #SwissHistory

A fully-funded 3-year PhD position in environmental history is available at Univ of Oslo: https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/235148/doctoral-research-fellowship-in-history
These positions are really great!

To apply, you must have already completed a masters degree (i.e. not be a current masters student).

My colleague Johanna Conterio is one of the potential supervisors. She is looking for students in #aghist, environment and health, nature protection, urban #envhist or international #envhist.

ESEH #envhist Today Webinar on Agriculture & Environment, with Jen Yu-Chien on Tambora and agricultural production and Irina Aguiari on community agriculture
http://eseh.org/envhistoday-webinars/environmental-history-today-webinars-2022/

#envhist #aghist

Pleased to see my NiCHE post from 2020 read more than 230 times this week!
The Mirage of Industrial Agriculture: Fossil Fuels, Groundwater Irrigation, and Feedlots on the High Plains.
https://niche-canada.org/2020/10/27/the-mirage-of-industrial-agriculture-fossil-fuels-groundwater-irrigation-and-feedlots-on-the-high-plains/
The post is based on my Agricultural History article, "“The Single Most Important Factor”: Fossil Fuel Energy, Groundwater, and Irrigation on the High Plains, 1955–1985."
https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.3098/ah.2020.094.4.629#metadata_info_tab_contents
#envhist #energyhist #aghist

These two cool kids want you to know that...
(1931) #energyhist #aghist #envhist

I’m writing an article on the use of raw #fish as #manure around the north #Atlantic #coast. Focusing on the Gulf of St Lawrence in #nineteenthcentury where I have lots of official stats of fish caught for this purpose. Lots of eye-witness accounts too. But I’m after #farm #accounts, #diaries etc. Does anyone know of any, espec. for the #Gaspé peninsula? Any pointers gratefully received. #EnvHist #AgHist #Canada #Capelin #Herring