Why did rural labourers burn tax records during the Peasants' Revolt of 1381? How did American wheat farmers try to seize control of the railroads in the 1890s? And why, in 1962, did French growers actually fight each other with artichokes?

Join John and Patrick as they trace six centuries of farmers rising up against landlords, railroads, governments and markets — from medieval England and the Breton "Artichoke War," through the great Indian farm protests of 2020, to the tractors that brought the Netherlands to a standstill and are still rolling through the streets of Europe today. Same grievance, different century: who controls the food system — and who pays when the rules change?

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