by Kathryn Gardow | Feb 28, 2016 | Agricultural Economic Development, Local Food
In the middle of Zanzibar are the spice farms, far from the bustle of coastal resorts and Stonetown, the island’s main commerce and tourist city. Departing Stonetown, we passed miles of roadside commerce tucked into open-air storefronts adjacent to the macadam...
by Kathryn Gardow | Jan 22, 2016 | Land Use Planning, Local Food
Our food system–the system of growing, harvesting, distributing, and selling food–is fragile! To most, it looks in good health. Stop in any grocery store, stroll through Pike Place Market, visit your local farmers market or drive through a McDonald’s...
by Kathryn Gardow | Dec 27, 2015 | Agrihoods, Land Use Planning, Local Food
Fulton County, Georgia is best known as the home of Atlanta, the 9th most populous U.S. metropolian area and Hartfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, the most traveled U.S. airport. North of downtown Atlanta is continuous suburbs, countless dead-ends and...
by Kathryn Gardow | Nov 29, 2015 | Agrihoods, Farmland Preservation, Local Food
“I live next to a farm!” This can be said with enthusiasm and excitement or disappointment and disgust. Living next to a farm can be a good or a bad thing, depending on your point of view. City folks want to move to the country, as they see it as...
by Kathryn Gardow | Oct 31, 2015 | Farmland Preservation, Land Use Planning, Local Food
Just after the I-5 Skagit River bridge collapsed 2-1/2 years ago, I wrote a blog entitled Food & Bridges on how food and bridges are vital to a highly functioning society and neither gets the respect they deserve. We take the basic necessities of daily living,...
