Serving Seagrass on Aegina
Vessel is a creative collective based on the Greek island of Aegina. In 2026, they mapped the underwater seagrass meadows surrounding the island and turned the maps into tablecloths for the local restaurants.
What Are We Going to Eat?
The Common Table's founders Orlando & Sophie Lovell renew their pledge to champion voices for change in humankind’s greatest task ahead: transitioning to an ecosystem of economies that are decent, fair and safe – through food.
Farmacy’s Manifesto
A self-published handbook from a Notting Hill vegan restaurant might seem an unlikely vehicle for a radical food systems manifesto, but Farmacy's Manifesto on the Future of Food makes a compelling, if imperfect, case for regenerative agriculture and the urgent need to rethink how “we” feed ourselves.
Sowing Seeds of Hope in Ukraine
We asked Yuliya Stefanyuk, the World Central Kitchen's Response Director in Ukraine, about WCK's new project distributing of seeds to help those affected by the war grow their own food and rebuild resilience.
The Last Harvest
Dr Debal Deb and The Last Harvest is a documentary about one man's decades-long battle to rescue India's indigenous rice diversity from oblivion. Journalist Dan Saladino visits Basudha Farm in Odisha, to learn about how he is building a sustainable legacy.
The Future is Ancestral
An agricultural collective called Arca Tierra supplies 50 city restaurants as well as locals with fresh food by reviving ancestral agriculture practices in the Chinampas wetlands near Mexico City. The Common Table spoke to the farm coordinator Sebastián Herrera, about finding what was lost.
Through the Lens of Food
Journalist Nathan Thornburgh is the co-founder and publisher of Roads & Kingdoms. He also worked closely with Anthony Bourdain on the Explore Parts Unknown series and the travel podcast The Trip. Here he talks to The Common Table about print as self-care and how food can form the soul.
Eating Dirt
Dr masharu is an artist and the founder of the Museum of Edible Earth in Amsterdam. They also like to eat dirt. The Common Table talked to them about geophagy, fetishes, cultural taboos and cultural norms.
Food Design, It’s Complicated
Can Food Design improve our relationships with food or is it just a grandiose term for decorative plating? Leading voices in Food & Design, Priya Mani, Sonia Massari, Fabio Parasecoli, Laila Snevele, and Sophie Lovell confer at a communal table moderated by our own Orlando Lovell.
