These links to information about Michigan agriculture from the early 20th century to the present provide further resources for your study. We hope you find them useful and informative. We try to check them periodically, but we cannot be responsible for their availability or content. If you see problems with response or content at any of these sites, please notify that site's webmaster.

Barns and Farms

• The Barn Journal On-line
• Michigan Barn Preservation Network
• Timber Framers Guild of North America
• Michigan's Centennial Farm Program, administered by the Historical Society of Michigan
• Rochester Hills Museum at Van Hoosen Farm
• Harvesting a Heritage: Teaching With Historic Farms (THEN - The Heritage Education Network,  Center for Historic Preservation, Middle Tennessee State University)

General Agriculture

• National Ag Day
• Breeds of Livestock: Cattle ( Oklahoma State University)
• A Condensed History of American Agriculture 1776-1999 (U.S. Dept. of Agriculture)
• Michigan Agricultural Experiment Station, Michigan State University
• Michigan Department of Agriculture
• Michigan State University Extension
• To Market To Market (Lesson Plan from the Library of Congress American Memory site features the differences between transportation c 1900 and c 2000. Include in your lesson the importance of transportation to agriculture.)
• U.S. Department of Agriculture
• USDA for Kids/Educational Resources
• See also our links related to the Rural Michigan gallery and the Rural Michigan online exhibits (19th-century agriculture)

Contact the Michigan Historical Center.

Updated 08/18/2010