A weekly-ish essay newsletter by a writer examining food systems and what everyday food choices reveal about society, from supermarket refrigeration hacks to buffet economics and luxury bread pricing. Readers get sharp, opinionated cultural analysis of how food business models and status signalling shape what we eat.
Website: https://thefuturemarket.com
Daily investigative pieces on where New Zealand's organic and regenerative food comes from, covering certification, imports, funding and the people behind farms. Readers get sourced reporting that checks claims against regulators' documents and public records.
Raj Patel's newsletter offers essays and commentary on food politics, labour, and social justice, often drawing on his academic research and activism. Recent issues cover Palestinian olive harvest protections, the philosophy of utopia within the Slow Food movement, and a report on workers in global food systems.
A UK farming publication mixing personal farm stories with policy analysis on subsidies, seed sovereignty and food security. It also runs a monthly community roundup of farming and food writers on Substack and a Zoom roundtable for subscribers.
Krishi.System is a reflective newsletter by an Indian food and agriculture systems thinker, covering biologicals in farming, gene-edited crops and specialty coffee supply chains. Readers get analytical commentary framed through systems thinking, plus notes on community events and subscription access.
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