New book about modern agricultural history
A new book about agriculture from 1945-2020 was presented at the Green Museum.
The new book, titled, Danish Agriculture 1945-2020, collects on 480 richly illustrated pages the most important aspects of the development and changes in Danish agriculture over the past 75 years.
On a busy, but very good and cozy weekend, the Green Museum held both a Christmas market with 5,000 visitors and a reception for the new book, which has just been published in collaboration with Gads Forlag.
The book presentation took place, very appropriately, in the middle of the museum's visitor magazine, among both Massey Ferguson and John Deere tractors and many other of the machines that have played such a big role in the period described in the book.
– We are very pleased to be able to present this book in collaboration with Gads Forlag and 11 of the country's most talented authors and researchers in the field, says Director Anne Bjerrekær of The Green Museum, and continues:
– For 6000 years, Denmark was an agricultural country populated by farmers. But since the 1940s, agriculture has changed dramatically. Danish Agriculture 1945-2020 is the story of how life in the field, the barn and the farmhouse has changed since World War II, and we are really happy to now be able to tell this exciting story.
Agriculture changed gears when the gray Ferguson rolled out into the fields. Soon, self-binders and hand tools gathered dust in barns, and more advanced machinery and sophisticated technology eased the hard work and increased productivity. As farms became fewer and larger, and farm women took on work outside the home, fertilizers and pesticides went from success to scandal, and animal welfare, sustainability, and a lower carbon footprint became both a requirement and a necessity.
The new book can be purchased in the museum's shop, as well as, of course, at bookstores across the country.
The book reception took place in just the right setting – among a lot of iconic tractors at the Green Museum.
