by Kathryn Gardow | Oct 31, 2018 | Local Food, Urban Farming
During the early days of autumn, for about three weeks, chestnut trees bear their fruit. Every October walking through Laurelhurst Park, I see about a half-dozen Asian-American elders standing below the majestic chestnut trees–waiting. It never appears to be the...
by Kathryn Gardow | Jan 31, 2018 | Healthy Food
“I get no respect!” Are organics the Rodney Dangerfield of food? Organics should be celebrated and touted as the best food for all. Instead organics are like Rodney Dangerfield, the iconic stand-up comedian, who never got the recognition he deserved until...
by Kathryn Gardow | Aug 22, 2017 | Healthy Food, Land Use Planning
The inner world is in our mind. Our outer or human experience is where and how we exist, interact and observe others, gather news, spend our time, and be in the world. The mind is the harbinger of mental health. Can the environment we live in impact our mental health?...
by Kathryn Gardow | Jul 31, 2017 | Land Use Planning, Sustainable Communities
I live in a great city-the Emerald City- Seattle, Washington. Living here 32 years is more than half my life. I started life as a New Englander, growing up in a Connecticut suburban town with a couple elementary school years in Buffalo, college in Schenectady,...
by Kathryn Gardow | Apr 14, 2017 | Healthy Food, Local Food
With anticipation I await rhubarb’s full bouquet–deep green dinner-plate sized leaves atop fibrous stalks ranging in color from bright chartreuse green to brilliant pink–spreading close to a yard across. Its arrival is evidence that spring is...
