by Kathryn Gardow | Feb 28, 2017 | Healthy Food, Local Food
Imagine every Wednesday, before the sun rises, a bag of baked goods is delivered to your front doorstep. With anticipation you open the front door to retrieve the large bag with a box and several smaller bags filled with delectable flavors. You first look for the...
by Kathryn Gardow | Jan 31, 2017 | Agrihoods, Local Food
In the 1990’s the rage in real estate development was both stand alone and master planned community golf course construction. The Golf Club at Newcastle repurposed an old construction landfill with 36 links, a stunning club house, and outstanding views to Puget Sound...
by Kathryn Gardow | Dec 31, 2016 | Agricultural Economic Development, Local Food
Being an infrastructure nerd, I remember public works catastrophes. Ten years ago the City of Tieton, Washington‘s water system failed. Multiple water lines broke throughout the city. The State of Washington funded emergency repairs. The calamity was my first...
by Kathryn Gardow | Nov 23, 2016 | Flooding, Land Use Planning
As with most any topic, the best answer is, “It depends.” Flooding can be beneficial and also devastating. Throughout history and up to today, food is often grown on lands adjacent to the mightiest rivers, think the Nile, Tigris and Euphrates, Ganges, and Mississippi...
by Kathryn Gardow | Sep 30, 2016 | Local Food, Sustainable Communities
As parents conversed over coffee and donuts early Saturday morning excitedly anticipating the outcome of sorority rush week, I chatted with a Dad about his daughter leaving sunny southern California to come north to the University of Washington. Of course, we started...
