Here is an excellent collection of hop history related website links. These relevant hop history content found on these websites include historical hop harvesting photographs and other interesting hop history graphics, stories and articles about the history of hop farming in the USA.
The Organic Hop Harvest at HE Hall & Sons Ltd, Marden, Kent
A photographic essay by Ian P Peaty
From the Brewery History Society
fattymattybrewing 3:36 am on January 28, 2010 Permalink
This is who we have to thank for more variety than just Early and Late Cluster like before the 1980's.
IMO-This branch of the USDA is what I like to this of as an arm of the government which is actually just an arm of the industrialized mega-hop growing hop market corporations which are actually just an arm of the mega-brewers. If you don't beleive me, check this shit out!
Read this article:… See More
http://www.beertravelers.com/lists/hopfarms.html
Then check out these 2 links:
http://www.bnsf.com/markets/agricultural/elevat...
and
http://www.abenvironment.com/Environment/Wildli...
I eluded to it in this blog article http://fattymattybrewing.com/brewlog/hops/hops-... but you opened the can of worms I guess.
cheers