Name: Agriculture (animals)
Start: 2025-09-17T23:30:00.000Z
Location: Vintage Bookstore and Wine Bar

**Readings under discussion:**
**1)** For some useful context, review these (very quick) posts by Jason Crawford: [six stages of agriculture](https://blog.rootsofprogress.org/six-stages-of-agriculture), [advanced stages](https://blog.rootsofprogress.org/advanced-stages-of-agriculture), [terminology](https://blog.rootsofprogress.org/some-agricultural-terminology)
**2)** [Yields vs. land use](https://ourworldindata.org/yields-vs-land-use-how-has-the-world-produced-enough-food-for-a-growing-population): how the Green Revolution enabled us to feed a growing population, Hannah Ritchie, 2017
**3)** [The King of Fruits](https://worksinprogress.co/issue/king-of-fruits/), Étienne Fortier-Dubois, 2025
**4)** *\*Optional\** \| [Why did agriculture mechanize and not construction?](https://www.construction-physics.com/p/why-did-agriculture-mechanize-and) Brian Potter, 2021

**Image**: wheat fields painting by Jacob Van Ruisdael (image cropped), public domain, via [wikimedia commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wheat_Fields_MET_DP145911.jpg)

**When & where**: Discussion will be at 6:30PM on Wednesday September 3rd - we meet at Vintage Wine Bar & Bookstore ([google](https://maps.app.goo.gl/rYqJ8txSHs6AyV5o6)) - 1101 E 11th St - typically upstairs.

**Who should join?**
No prior engagement with progress studies or the broader community is necessary. We welcome curious minds interested in [progress, humanism, and agency](https://blog.rootsofprogress.org/progress-humanism-agency)—whether you’re deeply invested or just exploring. Expect a range of viewpoints and constructive, thoughtful dialogue.

Austin Progress Studies Reading Group

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Benjamin Woosley

Elizabeth Hart

Agriculture (crops)

Vintage Bookstore and Wine Bar

**Readings under discussion:**
[How big data created the modern dairy cow](https://worksinprogress.co/issue/how-big-data-created-the-modern-dairy-cow/), Jared Hutchins, 2024
[Animals as chemical factories](https://worksinprogress.co/issue/animals-as-chemical-factories/), Niko McCarty & Xander Balwit, 2024
[How to be a techno-optimist for animals](https://optimistsbarn.substack.com/p/how-to-be-a-techno-optimist-for-animals), Robert Yaman, 2024

**Image**: Orpheus and the animals by Gillis Claesz (image cropped), public domain, via [wikimedia commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Orpheus_and_the_Animals_by_Gillis_Claesz._de_Hondecoeter_Centraal_Museum_5347.jpg)

**When & where**: Discussion will be at 6:30PM on September 17th - we meet at Vintage Wine Bar & Bookstore ([google](https://maps.app.goo.gl/rYqJ8txSHs6AyV5o6)) - 1101 E 11th St - typically upstairs.

**Who should join?**
No prior engagement with progress studies or the broader community is necessary. We welcome curious minds interested in [progress, humanism, and agency](https://blog.rootsofprogress.org/progress-humanism-agency)—whether you’re deeply invested or just exploring. Expect a range of viewpoints and constructive, thoughtful dialogue.

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