Intercropping has long attracted interest in agroecology. Early English-speaking agroecologists viewed research on intercropping as beginning in the 1970s and 1980s, alongside the emergence of the agroecology field itself. While publications on the topic did increase during this period, this narrative overlooked earlier intercropping research dating back to the late 19th century. Historian Jonathan Harwood (2024) has shown that although this literature remained publicly available in the 1970s, it was rarely acknowledged. He explains that rather than deliberate neglect, this absence likely reflects a broader 20th marginalization of “alternative” cultivation practices after 1945, which only resurfaced in the 1970s as industrial agriculture came under growing social and environmental critique. In CONVIVIUM we support these silenced voices.