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.
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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.
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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.
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With Reverence

  • 24. July 2023
  • 7 minute read
"When we eat certain foods, understand where they come from and all the nuances that make them what they are, we become active participants in their survival." An essay by food writer Nicholas Gill.
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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.
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No Cookery Books

  • 11. May 2023
  • 13 minute read
Food connects through time, cultures, community and adversity. A conversation with cookery writer and scholar Claudia Roden about discovering identity and collective belonging through food.
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Far From the Madding Cows

  • 19. January 2023
  • 14 minute read
Am I a farmer? A grazier? A conservationist? Fifth-generation tenant farmer Frankie Guy talks about her struggles as well as her joys farming beef on Salisbury Plain in England.
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