Policy Archives — The Common Table

A Game of Monopoly

30. May 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.

Gastronativism: Us & Them

1. February 2025
12 minute read

Food Studies professor Fabio Parasecoli on gastronativism, the "ideological use of food in politics to advance ideas about who belongs to a community". A conversation about "us", "them", food, politics, and systemic thinking.

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.

This Bite Will Cost You

18. January 2023
10 minute read

Priya Mani attends a MAD Monday panel talk to hear experts discuss how the current food price crisis is manifesting in the food chains of Northern Europe and Denmark in particular.

A Culture of Resilience

18. October 2022
10 minute read

Anthropologist Lindsey Foltz looks at food preservation practices in Bulgaria in the context of food sovereignty and finds a lot to learn about developing and preserving resilient food systems.

Foraging As Resistance

19. March 2022
13 minute read

Artist film-maker Jumana Manna's new film "Foragers" is about the criminalisation of herb-picking culture in Palestine and Israel. An exclusive interview for The Common Table by Sophia Hoffinger.

Soil and People

14. March 2022
6 minute read

A consortium of collectives including architects, urbanists and ecologists have a strategy to make Luxemburg carbon-negative by 2050 by changing diets and land-use practices.

On Food and Connection

13. February 2022
10 minute read

David Matchett grew up on a farm in Armagh in the 1970s before moving to the London gastro scene. A story about food, identity and belonging.

Knowledge is Choice

29. September 2021
8 minute read

Nataly Restrepo is a strategic food designer concerned with new connections between food design and commerce. We talked to her about brand responsibility and the future of food labelling.