A Day at the Food Court In the latest installment of OPEN, we follow Anna Peng over the course of her day working in the Dynasty Centre Mall and meet the family behind Toronto's legendary food court stall: Great Fountain. Read More
The Fungi That Could Transform Agriculture A once-dismissed discovery in Yellowstone’s geothermal soils is now helping farmers worldwide fight drought, boost yields, and reduce dependence on chemical fertilizers.
Could Plant Communication Help Save Argentina’s Crops? An innovative biotech startup is using nature’s own signals to fight crop-killing insects—without toxic chemicals.
The Photographic Dreamscapes of Musuk Nolte A conversation with the Peruvian photographer whose dreamlike new book is the latest in a rich and truly original body of work that explodes the boundaries between documentary and art photography.
Taking the Factory Out of the Farm in the American West 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.
A Global Alliance of Mayors Aims to Make Good Food Cities Food accounts for 13% of cities’ carbon emissions every year. But a small league of C40 Good Food Cities, from New York to Quezon City, is hoping to change that.
A Model Farm in the Yucatán Looks to the Ancient Maya 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.
A Memoirist in Mérida: Q&A with Jeremiah Tower Ahead of our League of Travelers trip to Mérida and environs, R&K’s Nathan Thornburgh caught up with Jeremiah Tower—Mérida resident, chef, author, diver and now Substacker—for a chat.
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.