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The Agricultural History Society counts a diverse group of scholars and agriculturalists as active members. Here are some examples. Click on a preview to view the entire profile. You can read past profiles in the archives.

Carmen V. Harris Current Project I am working on two projects. One is a history of the race policy in the federal extension service, one is a history of the "Negro Extension Service in South Carolina." The first project from which my Agricultural History article is drawn is intended to reframe how we see agricultural policy... Hobbies I don't have many hobbies. I am a mother of a 13 and 11 year old so... Favorite Agricultural/Rural Movie ...maybe The Grapes of Wrath... Read the entire profile.		Michael Turner Current Projects I am uncovering the history of the end of yeoman tenure in England wherein the yeoman was defined as the copyholder. These were tenants who held property from manorial lords on ancient and antiquated rents but who entered the tenancies by paying large lump sum... Favorite Historical Figure ...I am tempted to say William Wilberforce but I know that the anti-slavery movement... Favorite Agricultural Movie I would have to say the Cossack novels of the River Don region by Nobel Laureate Mikhail Sholokhov... Read the entire profile.

Fernando Collantes Current Project I am currently working with my colleague Vicente Pinilla on a book about rural depopulation in twentieth-century Spain. . . . Hobbies Open-air sports (soccer and running, in particular). . . . Favorite Agricultural Movie “Los santos inocentes” (I think that the English title. . . . Read the entire profile.		Karen-Beth G. Scholthof Current Project I am studying the development of the science of plant virology in the United States in the early 20th century. . . . Hobbies Travel, especially with an historical bent. . . . Favorite Agricultural Book Ship Fever by Andrea Barrett Read the entire profile.

Robert Hutchings Current Project My dissertation is tracing the transition in the Florida orange industry from an orientation towards the fresh fruit market to one centered around frozen concentrated orange juice. FCOJ, as it is mostly commonly referred to as in the industry. . . Hobbies Sherlock Holmes, classic literature, playing bridge. . . Favorite Agricultural Movie The Defiant Ones, with Tony Curtis . . . or perhaps . . . Read the entire profile.		Kenneth Sylvester Current Project I am working on a couple of group projects about agriculture and environment in the U.S. Great Plains. My collaborators at Michigan are Susan Hautaniemi Leonard, Dan Brown and Myron Gutmann, and at the University of Saskatchewan . . . . Hobbies Fitness (spinning, running, strength), movies, music . . . Favorite Agricultural Book Fruits of the Earth, a 1933 novel by a German-Canadian author, Frederick Philip Grove . . . Read the entire profile.