by Kathryn Gardow | Jul 27, 2021 | Farmland Preservation, Rural Economy
A friend told me she wants to buy a farm. She is a suburban gal with an undergraduate agricultural degree, so has the passion. Her career wasn’t agriculture though, it was high tech. Now retired, she is ready to launch that Third Act, the next adventure, the...
by Kathryn Gardow | Mar 31, 2021 | Local Food, Rural Economy
Bees, ladybugs, and other pollinators–the perpetuators of life–create the plethora of produce that nourishes, sustains, and makes life taste good! Seventy of the top 100 foods we eat are pollinated by bees. Without pollinators, no stone fruit-peaches,...
by Kathryn Gardow | Oct 31, 2020 | Local Food, Rural Economy
In this time of unending COVID and election stories, I ache for a sense of normalcy and certainty. Turning to comfort food satiates and satisfies. Creating a giant pot of minestrone soup with the last morsels of summer produce blended with the August canned tomato...
by Kathryn Gardow | Aug 31, 2020 | Local Food, Rural Economy
Summer is my favorite food season. It’s the season of fruits and vegetables I crave. We are at peak season right now. Freshly picked corn, luscious peaches dripping with sweetness, tomatoes-green stripes, dark chocolate, yellow pear and cherry red, and more-all...
by Kathryn Gardow | Feb 28, 2019 | Local Food, Rural Economy
Mt. Meru at almost 15,000 feet, the fifth highest mountain in Africa, capped in wispy clouds, towers over the Tanzanian village at the end of the paved road at the entrance to Arusha National Park. Meru’s taller and more well-known “mountain cousin”, Mt....
by Kathryn Gardow | Dec 31, 2018 | Healthy Food, Rural Economy
Spring grass was just poking its head through the crusty soil at Pure Eire Dairy when we visited earlier this year. Jill Smith, dairywoman extraordinaire, was expecting our visit at her family farm near Othello, Washington. My fellow adventurer Robbie and I had spent...
