The Words to Say Food
In order to talk about food and food practice today, we need a vocabulary that acknowledges and reflects the dynamic complexity of the systems involved. The Common Table introduces our new clustered category system.
Is it Clean or is it Hygiene?
Through some of the most ancient and familiar food processes, designer Philipp Kolmann addresses the topic of hygiene and its power to threaten biodiversity, physical and even mental health.
Salmon: A Red Herring
Cooking Sections is a collective examining the systems that organise the world through food using research-based practices. Their project focusing on salmon farming is currently on show at Tate Britain.
The Regenerative Route
Sara Harper and Danielle Schwab on shifting brands and farmers towards regenerative practice, the futility of waiting for legislation, organic greenwashing and the challenge of changing mindsets.
Growing Green
A conversation with Franz Drack, CMO of the vertical farm company &ever, about the high rise of dryponics, the value of food and changing the food chain.
Carbon Pawprint
The Berlin-based company Eat Small has created a dog food range made from insect-based protein that offers a more circular alternative to our outdated meat system.
Fish Tales
Camilla Crosta of SKREI Convention talks about the importance of Atlantic cod as a global resource, trading good, foodstuff and cultural influencer past, present and future.
Agriculture of Entanglement
Architect Jan Gerits proposes a vertical farm that owns itself, a place where humans and non-humans can participate in a symbiotic self-sustaining existence.
A Landscape Sublime
In our exclusive interview, speculative architect Liam Young explains why his new film Planet City is a future fiction designed to stimulate the mass(ive) ideological shift necessary for future survival on earth.
