The Life and Wanderings of Chef Andy Ricker We go deep with the award-winning chef, restaurateur, and bestselling author whose popular Pok Pok restaurants helped introduce Northern Thai cuisine to the United States.
The Story of Mosul Q&A with Cengiz Yar Documentary photographer Cengiz Yar discusses his nine-year project documenting Mosul and the so-called war on terror’s long-term effect on the northern Iraqi city
A Model Farm in the Yucatán: Q&A with Gonzalo Samaranch Mestiza de Indias is an innovative, Maya-inspired regenerative farm in the middle of a region threatened by mass tourism and overdevelopment. Its founder has a lot to say about why food matters.
Transfarmation: From factory farm to sustainable enterprise Transfarmation is an organization helping former factory farmers move from debt-laden, environmentally damaging practices toward a sustainable future. Transfarmation is a finalist for the 2024 Food Planet Prize.
Dispatched by Anthony Bourdain Each of these deeply reported features takes readers on a deep dive into unsolved crimes, underground scenes, and unsung heroes in this Anthony Bourdain-curated, Beard-award-winning longform series. From a murder in South Africa's winelands to a personal account of life, death and Mother Ayahuasca in the Peruvian Amazon, explore the favorite R&K dispatches chosen by our late partner and editor-at-large Anthony Bourdain. View the Series
The Taste of Being Thrown Around by the Sea: Q&A with chef Mari Fernandez On Spain's Asturian coast, in the small fishing town of Puerto de Vega, on Plaza Cupido—Cupid Square—a self-taught cook writes culinary love letters to the Cantabrian Sea. Read More
In Kenya, Using Fungi to Fight a War on Weeds The Toothpick Company turns fungi into bioherbicide to fight Striga, a devastating “master weed” that has devastated an estimated 40 million farms in Africa.
Tackling Southeast Asia’s Protein Crisis In Southeast Asia, the Protein Challenge is aiming for nothing less than a total transformation of regional food systems. The solution? Empowering and uniting the protein system’s various and diverse actors to create change from within.
Reinventing the Wheel Monarch Tractor has recently launched its first line of electric tractors with its groundbreaking MK-V model – the world’s first full-electric, driver-optional, data-collecting smart tractor. Its CEO hopes the company is going to revolutionize the future of farming.
Can Fungi Save our Soil? Australian start-up Loam is using fungi to help crops capture carbon in the soil—and keep it there. It could be a game-changer for farmers and the fight against climate change.
Bioversity International: Making the Invisible Visible Scientists agree that global agriculture is losing crucial diversity in its plants, animals and microorganisms. But you can’t fix a problem that you can’t measure properly. That’s where the Agrobiodiversity Index comes in.
A Sea Grain to Feed the World A team of chefs and scientists in southern Spain are trying to cultivate an edible sea grain for the first time. Can Aponiente’s “sea pantry” fight global food insecurity and be used for conservation purposes?
Serving Climate‑Friendly Meals, One Student at a Time Food providers—large-scale companies that mass-produce meals for institutions like hospitals and schools—serve billions of meals annually in the United States. Despite their size, there hasn’t been nearly enough focus on how to cut their greenhouse emissions. Enter Coolfood, a one-stop solution to facilitate plant-forward, climate-friendly eating.
Setting the Standard for Better Rice The world’s thirstiest crop is also responsible for feeding half our planet. The Sustainable Rice Platform thinks it can make a better life for farmers and consumers alike.