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At the heart of  this conversation with Andrea Rasca , he shares his unique perspective on the future of food and the driving forces...

This Budget is a negotiation over who eats, who pays, and who survives. The government presents it as balance, but the reality is tension: wages rise, costs rise, and the promise of relief is offset by what is quietly taken away. The rise of the National Living Wage to £12.71 by 2026 is justice for workers, and for many it will feel like that—a pay packet that stretches further, a week made less precarious. It’s recognition of dignity in labour. Yet for kitchens and cafés alr

Hippocrates  knew the final cost of a cheap meal long before the courts ruled against Bayer . His wisdom—‘ Let food be thy medicine’ —is no longer ancient history; it’s the fundamental and non-negotiable principle for modern public health. It seems that the only intelligent path forward is a full-circle walk back to this simplest truth. This truth is rooted in his simple observation: all health rested on the plate and the step taken each day. Hippocrates understood that the g

The reckoning is here. Forget commercial failure; this is a systemic crisis. The $2 billion verdict against Bayer over glyphosate, and the likely US market withdrawal, proves it. As Andrea Rasca has long argued, the global broken food system demands immediate, and clear attention. What is glyphosate ? It’s the world’s most widely used herbicide, famously the active ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup. Bayer acquired the liability when it purchased Monsanto in 2018. The contr

We love the humble sesame seed for its gorgeous, nutty depth. It gives structure to a classic Middle Eastern hummus and adds a delicate finish to Japanese goma-ae. But the humble sesame is far more than just flavour. When we look closely at this tiny grain—whether in its rich tahini form or its fragrant paste—we discover a beautiful link between ancient culinary wisdom and modern biochemistry. Food must nourish the palate and the body, and this seed is a true nutritional phe

When our Founder, Andrea Rasca, first created the original Mercato Metropolitano in Milan, his vision was not just a regenerative community market, but a movement rooted in the profound belief that food is a catalyst for urban regeneration. Andrea’s conviction is that the revitalisation of our cities must come from within—powerfully echoed in books like Ryan Gravel’s Where We Want to Live , which speaks to reclaiming our right to shape the places where we live. The Vision: Re