Biodiversity at Liberty The EU casts off the chains of uniformity How farmers in Belgium and the south of France are taking advantage of new a EU regulation to become more sustainable
Empire and grain From prehistory to today, empires grew on their ability to tax grains The ability to tax wheat moving through choke points gives empires their power, even today. Continue Reading →
Grain and finance The need to buy and sell wheat created modern commerce Wheat was money, when a store was no more than a store of goods to be exchanged for wheat. Continue Reading →
Grain and transport As wheat travelled, it created the modern world Moving wheat from where it grows to where it is eaten shaped the world Continue Reading →
Persephone’s secret The Eleusinian Mysteries and the making of the modern economy Why did the participants in the Eleusinian Mysteries leave no trace of what it was about? Continue Reading →