ACOUP - Bread, How Did They Make It? Part I: Farmers!

Let’s do this. I’ve been a bit intimidated to start on this series because it’s going to be huge, but I feel it’s definitely one of Bret’s stand-outs, and one of the series I’ve gotten specific requests for. So here we go. The first series of Bret’s How Did They Make It set of posts. This one focusing on food and, especially, bread. 

In this starting post, Bret examines how subsistence farming in particular worked. What forces (biological, social, cultural) shaped the patterns of how farmers farmed? A major aspect of this opening post is examining why subsistence farmers focused on lowering risk (rather than raising profits) and why that was a GOOD idea.

The text for this recording is from A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry, the blog of history professor, Bret Devereaux, whose work you should absolutely support with your eyes, your clicks, and, if you are able, your bucks.

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Original post for this recording - https://acoup.blog/2020/07/24/collect...

Dr. Devereaux’s blog, A Collection of UnmitigatedPedantry - https://acoup.blog

Dr. Devereaux’s Twitter - https://twitter.com/BretDevereaux

Dr. Devereaux’s Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/user?u=20122096

Episode on Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScJDhVymK5Q

 

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