Roads and Kingdoms

Roads & Kingdoms is a standalone publication that explores the intersections of food, politics, travel, and culture. In just its second year, it received the prestigious Gold Award for Best Travel Journalism Site from the Society of American Travel Writers. Originally launched in Myanmar as a Tumblr, it served as a platform for stories covering a wide range of topics, from the Burmese civil war to underground musicians, as well as even the challenges of spoiled crab. Now, R&K operates as a full-time digital magazine with offices in New York and Barcelona, delivering in-depth articles, interviews, and diverse global content on a daily basis.

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A Balinese Initiative Reimagines Rice Farming

1 week ago | roadsandkingdoms.com | Joseph Rachman

By integrating traditional Balinese farming wisdom with modern agroecological practices, Astungkara Way works to promote food security, restore degraded farmland, and deepen connections between farmers and the land. BALI, Indonesia — For decades, conventional wisdom has held that organic farming cannot produce enough food to sustain the world’s growing population.
I Was Born in Luanda

2 months ago | roadsandkingdoms.com | Claudio Silva

Cláudio Silva reflects on moving from Angola to the United States as a child, founding Angola’s largest food and tourism platform, and what the country’s current flourishing means not just for Angolans but for the world. I was born in Luanda, Angola. My father moved myself and my siblings to the Washington DC suburbs when I was about five years old for political reasons, and I immediately understood that this place is not like the other place.
Soup at the Barricades with the Queen of Georgian Cuisine

Dec 27, 2024 | roadsandkingdoms.com | Paul Rimple

Father-daughter journalist team Paul and Nestan Rimple report from the streets of Tbilisi, where nearly every night since protests broke out in October, Chef Tekuna Gachechiladze has been ladling out soup in paper bowls to protesters fighting for their country’s future. It has been more than a month of nonstop nightly protests here in front of Tbilisi’s Parliament building, the stage of every mass demonstration since 1989, when Soviet forces mowed down 19 people during a rally for independence.
Matt Goulding on "Omnivore," His Inventive New Show with René Redzepi

Jul 19, 2024 | roadsandkingdoms.com | Nathan Thornburgh

On the eve of its world premier, Roads & Kingdoms founders Nathan Thornburgh and Matt Goulding return to the mic for a revival episode of The Trip Podcast to discuss Omnivore, the wantonly gorgeous eight-episode Apple TV+ series Goulding created with Noma founder René Redzepi.
Pumpkin Plus: Making the Sandbars Bloom

May 27, 2024 | roadsandkingdoms.com | Ritwika Mitra

In Bangladesh, Pumpkin Plus transforms rural lives through the innovative technology of growing crops on sandbars. They are a finalist for the 2024 Food Planet Prize. KURIGRAM, Bangladesh –Bangladesh sits on the Ganges-Brahmaputra delta, crisscrossed by the Padma, Brahmaputra, Meghna and Karnaful rivers. Though rivers have long been lifelines for the communities setting up shelters along their shores, the past decades have brought about destructive change.
Aquagrain: New Life for Poor Soil

May 27, 2024 | roadsandkingdoms.com | Hazel Sheffield

In a small dry corner of England, Aquagrain is creating a super-absorbent biodegradable hydrogel that could help crops grow in degraded lands. Aquagrain is a finalist for the 2024 Food Planet Prize. NEEDHAM, United Kingdom –In one of the smallest units in a sprawling industrial estate in the tiny English village of Needham Market, a scientist has been painstakingly refining a soil improving product.
Transfarmation: From factory farm to sustainable enterprise

May 27, 2024 | roadsandkingdoms.com | Victoria Bouloubasis

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. ANSON County, North Carolina, USA –There is a sweetness to Tom Lim’s caress while he cradles his pet rooster, Cuti. It’s another irregular winter season in North Carolina, but a cold front just rolled in the night before. Cuti is shivering.
NovFeed: Turning Fruit into Fish

May 27, 2024 | roadsandkingdoms.com | Carey Baraka

In Tanzania, NovFeed is transforming the country’s compost into a source of cheap and nutritious feed for farmed fish. NovFeed is a finalist for the 2024 Food Planet Prize. DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania –When Diana Orembe was growing up in Northern Tanzania, her uncle worked as a fish farmer. It was a difficult profession, where high costs and low profit margins were the norm. He put a lot of money into the fish farm, but expensive fish feed meant minuscule returns.
ThermoSeed - A Swedish Seed Solution

May 27, 2024 | roadsandkingdoms.com | Mélissa Godin

Could an all-natural steam seed treatment replace mainstream agricultural chemical treatments? ThermoSeed, a finalist for the 2024 Food Planet Prize, thinks so. UPPSALA, Sweden –When Bjørn Stabbetorp, CEO of the Agricultural Division of the Norwegian agriculture co-op Felleskjøpet, began approaching farmers in southern Norway in the late 2000s to convince them to use an all-natural steam seed treatment coming from their Swedish neighbors, he was met with mixed responses.
C40: Mayors Making Good Food Cities

May 27, 2024 | roadsandkingdoms.com | Lela Nargi

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. C40 is a finalist for the 2024 Food Planet Prize. BROOKLYN, New York –Little about the culinary center serving New York’s Health + Hospitals agency evokes a home kitchen. Hair-netted cooks mix the ingredients for salsa verde in white bins the size of babies’ bathtubs.