Archive - Historical Supper Club

Food Prices & Politics

A brief history of price gouging, inflation, price control, and corporate consolidation

Nov 4, 2024 •

Sarah Wassberg Johnson

November 2023

American Autumn and the Tyranny of New England

Or, Why We Celebrate A Very Specific Idea of Fall

Nov 5, 2023 •

Sarah Wassberg Johnson

July 2023

Ice Cream From Crude Oil?

Misadventures in industrial food history

Jul 5, 2023 •

Sarah Wassberg Johnson

June 2023

Children, Agriculture, and Human Rights

Jun 18, 2023 •

Sarah Wassberg Johnson

April 2023

The Future of Mexican Maize

Agriculture, policy, and the environment

Apr 9, 2023 •

Sarah Wassberg Johnson

February 2023

When life gives you unresponsive draft pages

you make cheese toast

Feb 5, 2023 •

Sarah Wassberg Johnson

January 2023

Time is a Construct

The history of the holiday season and our connection to time and the past

Jan 1, 2023 •

Sarah Wassberg Johnson

November 2022

The history of Thanksgiving "traditions" in light of today's issues

Nov 13, 2022 •

Sarah Wassberg Johnson

September 2022

The Future of Food: Guest Post

Conserving the Foodshed

Sep 11, 2022 •

Sarah Wassberg Johnson

August 2022

The Future of Food: Transportation

What we can learn from history in the face of climate change

Aug 21, 2022 •

Sarah Wassberg Johnson

July 2022

The Future of Food: Agriculture

How history can shape how we produce food

Jul 24, 2022 •

Sarah Wassberg Johnson

On Independence

Agriculture, Food Sovereignty, and the State of the World

Jul 3, 2022 •

Sarah Wassberg Johnson

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