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 | Mar 31, 2014 | Healthy Food, Sustainable Communities
I was born before trucking in out-of-season foods was the norm and consequently grew up eating local foods. Granted we could get iceberg lettuce and citrus shipped in mid-winter from California or Florida, but our usual nightly dinner fare was frozen beans, peas, or...
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...
