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Cash crops: In Contemporary life in Vietnam, page 11; Black pepper, used in most of the cuisines of Europe and Asia, is made from the dried, unripe green berries of the Piper nigrum vine. The green berries are cooked briefly before drying to produce black peppercorns. A valuable spice crop...; By Lorraine Aragon.

Rice fields in Nepal: These terraced fields are planted with several rice varieties that ripen at different times during the growing season. As a result, the rice crops in this photograph have different heights, colors, and densities. Most of the rice varieties planted in the mountains...; Format: image/photograph

Georgia rice field workers: 19th-century image of four Georgia rice field workers.; Format: image/photograph

Sharecropping and tenant farming: In North Carolina in the New South, page 1.3; After the Civil War, former slaves and white farmers forced off the land by hard times rented land as tenants or worked for a share of the crop they produced, often living in continual debt.; Format: article

The Columbian Exchange at a glance: In Prehistory, contact, and the Lost Colony, page 5.2; Countless animals, plants, and microorganisms crossed the Atlantic Ocean with European explorers and colonists in the sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth centuries. This chart lists some of the organisms that had the greatest impact on human society worldwide.; Format: article

Green fruit spikes of peppercorns drying on mat in central Vietnam: Green fruit spikes of peppercorns are piled on a mat in the sun to dry in central Vietnam. Black pepper, used in most of the cuisines of Europe and Asia, is made from the dried, unripe green berries of the Piper nigrum vine. The green...; Format: image/photograph

River trade: In Contemporary life in Vietnam, page 14; This boat is docked along the Mekong River near Mytho. Such boats, propelled by outboard motors mounted on the back, are typical, medium-sized river and coastal island ferry boats in Southeast Asia. The waterways of the Mekong are the region's primary conduit...; By Lorraine Aragon.

The importance of rice to North Carolina: In Colonial North Carolina, page 6.2; Rice was a very profitable crop in the late 1600s. People in foreign lands were already familiar with it, and it was gaining popularity as a food for the growing slave trade. Rice production helped support North Carolina's economy for many years, relying largely on slave labor. The abolition of slavery marked the beginning of the end of rice plantations in North Carolina.; Format: article; By Keri Towery.

Life on the land: Voices: In North Carolina in the New South, page 1.4; Excerpts of oral history interviews with men and women who grew up on farms in late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century North Carolina.; Format: interview; Commentary and sidebar notes by L. Maren Wood.

Oats: These oats at a New Zealand farm have been bundled together to dry in preparation for being threshed.; Format: image/photograph

A sharecropper's contract: In North Carolina in the New South, page 1.5; Contract between William Grimes and his sharecroppers, 1882. Includes historical commentary.; Format: document; Commentary and sidebar notes by L. Maren Wood.

Spraying plants: A 4-H club member is seen spraying chemicals on the crops of the Tew family farm. He has a chemical tank in his left hand and in his right is the sprayer. He looks down as he sprays. The t-shirt he is wearing has the 4-H logo on it.; Format: image/article

Blossoms: The photo features a vast landscape of fields. A few machines are visible, one in particular in the center of the photo looks to be harvesting something. The fields in the background are brown, but in the foreground the field is green and there are blossoms...; Format: image/photograph

Farmland in Ecuador: Several different crops grow while a cow lies in the agricultural fields south of Riobamba, Ecuador. Even though Ecuador exports large amounts of oil, it remains an agricultural country. Near the urban areas the most common crops are corn, wheat, barley, and...; Format: image/photograph

Historic Rural Hill Farm - Center of Scottish Heritage: Students will go back in history when they visit Historic Rural Hill Farm.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

The transformation of cacao into chocolate: Transforming cacao into chocolate is a labor-intensive process that involves many steps. This slideshow tells the story of that process, focusing on one cacao plantation in the Barlovento region of Venezuela.; Format: slideshow (multiple pages)

Mrs. Emma Cleary: In Tobacco bag stringing: Life and labor in the Depression, page 2.12; CLEARY, MRS. EMMA, married; two children; aged 30; husband aged 60; resides in Wilkes County, N.C. Children: William, aged 12 in school. Vassie, aged 8 in school. INCOME: None. HOME CONDITIONS: Own two-room log cabin and forty acres of land. Only five acres...

Postal polynomials: In CareerStart lessons: Grade eight, page 2.6; In this lesson, students use polynomials to solve problems, and discuss how polynomials are relevant in some careers.; Format: lesson plan (grade 9 Mathematics); By Debbie Brooks, Peggy Dickey, and Jan Sullivan.

Boy working during harvest time: In this 1932 black and white photograph, a boy is working in a field in Davidson County during harvest time. Dressed in overalls, he can be seen standing between two haystacks. In his hands, he holds a bundle of stalks of grain.; Format: image/photograph

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