by Kathryn Gardow | Dec 30, 2020 | Agricultural Economic Development, Local Food
The New Year is here and now I can say, “With 2020 hindsight, what can I do 2021?” Now, more so than ever before, I need to support small businesses and independent farmers to help create a more healthy local economy. Since the onslaught of the pandemic,...
by Kathryn Gardow | Jun 29, 2020 | Agricultural Economic Development, Local Food
Summer is simmering outside my window, despite the onslaught of COVID-19, the necessity of social distancing and mask wearing, and the incredible awakening by the losses from the unwarranted deaths of George Floyd, Breanna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and Charleena...
by Kathryn Gardow | Aug 15, 2019 | Agricultural Economic Development, Healthy Food
“You know, I’m going to be 85 next month.” I shot Charles Sleicher an astonished look. Surprisedly and with a twinkle in his eye, he said, “Wait, no, I’m going to be 95 next month!” This is the Charles I know–the man that...
by Kathryn Gardow | Jun 29, 2019 | Agricultural Economic Development, Healthy Food
June 3rd, the expiration date on the Pepperidge Farm white, rectangular, pre-sliced, loaf of bread on the top shelf at the Washington State University’s (“WSU”) Bread Lab near Mt. Vernon, Washington. It’s my birthday dinner, two days before the...
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 | 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...
