Release the Seeds
Michaela Haas on the growing movement to free crop seeds from the clutches of Big Agriculture and return them to the commons where they belong.
A Culture of Resilience
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.
Neurogastronomic Polyphony
Investigative artist Grace Gloria Denis uses the sound and taste of a meal as both a medium and a pedagogical tool to propose a digestible approach to critical inquiry.
Molding Food Futures
LinYee Yuan, the founder and editor of MOLD magazine, talks about designing the future of food, working in print and her recent return to place-based practice in the community.
The Milk Trekker
Cheesemaker Trevor Warmedahl visits Tushetian herders in the pastoral highlands of the Caucasus to learn about their adaptive relationship with landscape, livestock and indigenous microbes.
Food in the City
Jonathan Nunn, the founder of Vittles, talks to The Common Table about his new book with Open City concerning food, architecture, diversity and marginal spaces in London.
S72+ Supply Chains
S72+ is a new collaborative dinner series by studio_lovell, founders of The Common Table, where we gather a variety of people from different disciplines to discuss pivotal issues, in this case, "supply chains".
Water: Elixir of Taste
Water is to India what soil is to Europe, says design researcher Priya Mani. An exploration of the idea that water, or the lack of it, is responsible for the intrinsic taste of foods.
Spaceship Hour
Alone in space, their relationship with the routine of growing food is the only one our protagonist needs, until they make a mistake. A short story by Jimenez Lai.
