Agriculture Archives — The Common Table

A Game of Monopoly

24. April 2025
10 minute read

We talk to Canadian political economist Jennifer Clapp about her latest book, “Titans of Industrial Agriculture” and the evolution of an extreme concentration of power that has allowed 12 companies to control most of the world's food production.

Ancient Grains & Other Myths

26. February 2025
10 minute read

Fabio Aranzulla and Luca Cinquemani, are an artistic duo going by the name of Aterraterra. Their work intersects art and agricultural practices, questioning accepted narratives within agriculture and food cultures.

Urban Fungi Farm

24. July 2024
10 minute read

Food startup expert Eldad Arnon is the co-founder of the gourmet urban mushroom farm Tupu in Berlin. TCT talked to him about the realities of sustainable urban food production and his vision for changing how we produce food.

Redesigning Rural Relations

26. June 2024
5 minute read

Designer and artist Anastasia Eggers' rethinking of the farmers' almanac Migrating Seasons is one of 16 projects in a new book exploring narratives for existing, disappearing and emerging relationships in the countryside.

Decolonising Hazelnuts

11. May 2024
9 minute read

The founders of a tiny Anatolian and Berlin hazelnut business share how they are challenging one of the most powerful food monopolies with fair-labour, biodiversity, creating incentives and leading locally by example.

Microbial Sovereignty and Panchal Dairy

15. February 2024
8 minute read

Trevor Warmedahl reports on the marginalised Rabari community in Gujarat, India and how a dairy there is working to help return value to their pastoral ways through cheesemaking.

The Fairr Sharers

9. December 2023
19 minute read

The FAIRR Initiative's investor members manage over 70 trillion USD in assets. We asked Sajeev Mohankumar and Max Boucher, co-authors of their first "Regenerative Agriculture Report" how investors can be equipped to demand change.

Pultost: A Messenger from the Past

6. October 2023
12 minute read

Itinerant cheesemaker and researcher Trevor Warmedahl visits Norway to learn about an ancient rennet-less local cheese called Pultost and the traditional farming systems it belongs to.

Lyutenitsa Queens

23. July 2023
18 minute read

An urban-rural conversation about growing and preserving, heritage pink tomatoes, food festivals, UNESCO and good neighbourliness in Bulgaria.