A Brief History of How We Lost the Commons

Oct 24, 2013 • Agrarian Commons, Agrarian Trust, Commons Alliance, Food Systems and Security, Land Access Stories, Land Access Strategies • By Agrarian Trust

In an article published earlier this year by Guernica Magazine, Peter Barnes investigates how humankind lost “The Commons”, the land that once belonged to everyone. He follows a quick lineage from hunter-gatherers to the culture of Ancient Rome, and onward into the present. His closing argument reiterates the mission of Agrarian Trust: “The world today […]