- 10.000 years19th century

The agricultural period is based on the domestication of food plants and animals which progressively constituted the main source of human food. This period corresponds to the agricultural food products, transformed and prepared inside of  domestic consuming units. During this period man gradually... Invented agriculture, selected founder species, created villages and towns,  invented and improved acquisition and production tools, transferred food species on a worldwide scale.  The 18th century is a time for major changes in Europe... when a new industrial and liberal society set up on a traditionnal agrarian basis,and where is formed and developed the agro-industrial period related to food.

Agropolis-Museum | History of food & agriculture | Agro-industrial times