by Kathryn Gardow | Aug 22, 2023 | Agrihoods, Farmland Preservation
Land and how people use land is my passion. As I a pre-teen, I grew my first crop–green bush beans–during a sultry Connecticut summer. Eating food from my garden always puts a big smile on my face. Coming from an engineering lineage, my Dad suggested...
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 | Apr 30, 2021 | Local Food, Sustainable Communities
Pacific Northwest larders of winter veggies and fruits are close to empty. With the advent of spring and the annual growing season, refilling pantries will begin anew. The thoughts, smells and sounds of spring are everywhere. Migratory birds fly across the skies...
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 | Feb 27, 2021 | Local Food, Sustainable Communities
I was born before trucking in out-of-season foods was the norm. Most of the year our usual nightly dinner veggie was frozen (not canned) beans, peas, or vegetable medley with meat and potatoes and the iceberg lettuce wedge. Mid-winter fresh produce included a plethora...
