by Kathryn Gardow | Oct 31, 2013 | Farmland Preservation, Flooding, Land Use Planning
Despite a dry month, October 1st is the start of the regulated flood season in King County, Washington which ranks 13th out of 39 counties in agricultural revenue and is home to Seattle, the State’s largest city. From almost 1,800 farms, $127 million is earned...
by Kathryn Gardow | Jun 27, 2013 | Farmland Preservation, Land Use Planning
C- is the report card grade for Washington State bridges given by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), Seattle Section in the 2013 Report Card for Washington’s Infrastructure. Bridge vulnerability was confirmed on May 23, 2013 with Interstate 5...
by Kathryn Gardow | May 30, 2013 | Farmland Preservation, Land Use Planning, Local Food
Bread eaten as a sandwich, croutons in a salad, crumbs encasing a chicken leg, or slathered with pizza sauce. Bread is ubiquitous. Most Americans just eat bread with no thought of how it got to their plate. Someone has to grow, pick, clean, process, package, ship, and...
by Kathryn Gardow | Mar 30, 2013 | Farmland Preservation, Flooding
Foodies and agricultural preservationists reminisce the vast acres of lush agricultural soils now covered by asphalt, shopping malls, aerospace giants, and warehouses in western Washington’s Kent Valley. Historic Kent Valley For generations, the Kent Valley,...
by Kathryn Gardow | Feb 26, 2013 | Farmland Preservation, Local Food
“I didn’t know food was so political,” was my Dad’s comment after reading Michael Pollen’s In Defense of Food. Dad like the vast majority of people, ate when he was hungry. He was eating food long before the calories from fat or grams...
by Kathryn Gardow | Jan 31, 2013 | Farmland Preservation, Local Food
What’s happening just north of Seattle in agriculture? Who is bucking the trend of urbanization in the Interstate 5 corridor in the Puget Sound region? What new agricultural innovations are being created? Skagit County, Washington, located one hour north of...
