by Kathryn Gardow | Feb 27, 2015 | Farmland Preservation, Land Use Planning, Local Food
Bucolic fields of tulips wave in the breeze. Tilled fields are ready for spring planting. Raspberry brambles are tamed, trimmed, and prepped for summer production. Netting is checked, secured, and standing by to be stretched over blueberry acreage. Strawberries...
by Kathryn Gardow | Nov 26, 2014 | Farmland Preservation, Healthy Food, Land Use Planning, Local Food, Marine Land Farming, Sustainable Communities
The answers are 91, 57, 7, 2, and less than 1. The questions are: What is the distance needed between seed crops? What percentage of the U.S. population are farmers? What is the average age of U.S. farmers? What percentage of U.S. production of fruits, nuts, and...
by Kathryn Gardow | Apr 30, 2014 | Farmland Preservation, Local Food
Amy Moreno-Sills and her husband Agustin with more than 20 years of combined experience growing food are building their dream at Four Elements Farm, on land in Orting Valley. Amy knows it takes hard work to get a new business off the ground. She has successfully...
by Kathryn Gardow | Feb 28, 2014 | Farmland Preservation, Land Use Planning
I am not a farmer, but care where my food comes from. I read labels to avoid unknown, unintelligible ingredients. I cannot feed myself with my gardening skills. Farmers grow my food and I have the utmost respect for the work the work they do. Each season farmers start...
by Kathryn Gardow | Jan 31, 2014 | Farmland Preservation, Land Use Planning
Located a half- hour west of Florida’s Magic Kingdome is Uncle Matt’s Organics, a 14-year old family business supplying discerning consumers with organic citrus and juice products. Spending a day with the business’ patriarch and story teller, Benny...
by Kathryn Gardow | Dec 23, 2013 | Farmland Preservation, Sustainable Communities
What is a sustainable community? Currently, in real estate development lexicon, it is a transit-oriented project with sidewalks, bike paths, served by public transit with green/energy efficient buildings, and perhaps limited parking. But, there is a new aspect of...
