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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. The post Serving Climate-Friendly Meals, One Student at a Time appeared first on Roads & Kingdoms.
Cadillac Will Release The All-Electric Escalade IQ Later This Year
Since Cadillac first introduced the Escalade in 1999, the super-sized, super-luxurious SUV has become a cultural icon. It's been name-dropped in over 200 hip-hop tracks, and it's appeared in films and TV from The Matrix to The Sopranos. Now, it's heading into a new realm — one that's fully electric. Earlier today, General Motors announced that the first all-electric Escalade would release "later this year."Dubbed the Escalade IQ, the new model will be the third EV in Cadillac's lineup, joining the Celestiq (a luxury sedan) and the Lyriq (a mid-sized SUV). Details on the car's design and features are sparse — General Motors' announcement was a sparse two paragraphs and only included a single image — but it'll likely use GM's Ultium battery tech. The new vehicle should be available in a duo ...
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? The post A Sea Grain to Feed the World appeared first on Roads & Kingdoms.
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. The post Bioversity International: Making the Invisible Visible appeared first on Roads & Kingdoms.
Can a Mushroom 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. The post Can a Mushroom Save our Soil? appeared first on Roads & Kingdoms.
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. The post Reinventing the Wheel appeared first on Roads & Kingdoms.
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. The post Tackling Southeast Asia’s Protein Crisis appeared first on Roads & Kingdoms.
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. The post In Kenya, Using Fungi to Fight a War on Weeds appeared first on Roads & Kingdoms.
T-Demand Slams, Stances, and Styles the 2023 Toyota Prius
When Hypebeast got its hands on the 2023 Toyota Prius Prime XSE Premium earlier this year, we asked if it could finally be considered "cool." Evidentially, we weren't the only ones inspired by the Japanese hybrid's fetching new look, as the tuning company T-Demand has revealed its extravagant take on the iconic automobile.With T-Demand's touch, this Prius is far from the one your uncle or Uber driver whips around in. Instead, attention has been paid to stance, a JDM staple.As such, we find a list of tuning options including new upper and lower arms, toe control, and Pro Arm dampers and toe arms. Air suspension has also been fitted to T-Demand's show cars, dropping the Prius to heights that wouldn't clear a residential speed hump, while six-pot calipers now hug 380mm disc brakes, adding ple...
BMW and TYDE Reveal THE ICON, the World’s First Battery-Powered Marine Craft
BMW wants to lead the charge when it comes to electrified mobility, and now turns its attention away from road-going cars and motorbikes to focus on one of the biggest poulters on earth -- yachts. This is THE ICON, a marine craft made in collaboration with TYDE, and it's quite the architectural spectacle.THE ICON is the first battery-powered marine craft of its kind, using a pair of 100 kW electric motors that convert the 240 kWh of energy supplied by six batteries from the BMW i3 into nautical power, speed, and range. As such, THE ICON can travel roughly 100 km, and hits a top speed of 55 km/h.One of its remarkable points is that the boat is almost silent and does not produce waves or vibrations, thus disturbing the sea. It evokes the epitome of luxury voyage experiences, and this is only...
Mike Skinner’s Custom Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow Is for Sale
When Mike Skinner of The Streets released his third studio album, The Hardest Way To Make An Easy Living, it asked us to unpack the lyricist's rise to fame -- and his subsequent inner monologue that also dissected time and time again what fame can be, for good and for bad. It was yet another seminal body of work, following on from the debut EP Original Pirate Material and the follow up to that, A Grand Don't Come for Free. In Skinner's catalog, many of the songs go down in history as greats -- and so does the Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow.Fittingly, Skinner once owned a Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow, notably this very example you see here. It now finds itself up for grabs on the auction site Collecting Cars, and it is nothing short of a piece of music history.The R-R SS has appeared in music video...
Hyundai Recreates Its First Ever Car, the Pony Coupe Concept
For its latest automotive masterpiece, Hyundai looks back at the past -- notably, at the very first car it ever made. After almost 50 years since it first debuted, Hyundai has re-made the Pony Coupe Concept, a car that served as the blueprint for its first customer-centric cars and the Hyundai brand as we know it today.It's pure '70s nostalgia throughout, with the exterior looking like a wedge of cheese. What's particularly special about the recreated concept is that it is 100% true to the original, with no contemporary bells or whistles. Instead, we find the flat front accented with yellow bulb lights, four-spoke chrome rims on the sides, and a host of materials taken straight from 1974.The car was co-designed with the man who originally designed it, the Italian Giorgetto Giugiaro. Per To...
