by Kathryn Gardow | Aug 31, 2016 | Agrihoods, Local Food, Urban Farming
My yard is brimming with food now always arriving in the hot, sultry, dog days of summer. I plant only what I can grow, nurture and produce successfully. I don’t want failure. Gardening takes a lot of persistent, dedicated, focused work. Preparing the soil,...
by Kathryn Gardow | Jun 29, 2016 | Healthy Food, Local Food
I am a “fruit-aholic”. I love fruit. Even as a kid, I craved fruit– especially the summer fruits–strawberries, blueberries, peaches, plums. The juiciness, the flavors, the short summer season so taste boredom never arrived–all reasons...
by Kathryn Gardow | May 31, 2016 | Local Food, Sustainable Communities
From the Greatest Generation to Generation Z and the Baby Boomers and Millenials in between, we are all connected by one simple necessity–We All Eat! Some of us are Feeders–just putting food in our mouths to combat hunger, some of us are Eaters–being...
by Kathryn Gardow | Apr 30, 2016 | Agricultural Economic Development, Land Use Planning
Western Washington along the Interstate 5 corridor are some of the world’s most prolific farmlands. Puget Sound is blessed with a maritime climate with warm summers, cool winters, and mountain snowpacks that provide ample irrigation water through most of the...
by Kathryn Gardow | Mar 31, 2016 | Agrihoods, Farmland Preservation, Land Use Planning
The first and only time I visited Phoenix was twenty-five years ago. All I remembered from that trip were endless strip malls, six-lane arterials, lots of double left-turn lanes, roads filled with cars, and cascading water fountains. The bubbling fountains at the...
