by Kathryn Gardow | Jul 31, 2020 | Food Hubs, Local Food
Food, after water, is the key to life. For most of us it’s easy to get food by visiting our local grocery store, shopping at the Farmer’s Market, perhaps doing an occasional COSTCO run or growing a garden of fresh herbs and tomatoes. We do not know...
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 | Mar 31, 2019 | Land Use Planning, Local Food
“There is a shellfish farmer, sheep farmer and a vegetable farmer in a room of real estate development professionals.” It’s the start of the classic “groan” joke. And, Yes!, it really happened! The sunny last day of February was a great...
by Kathryn Gardow | Feb 28, 2019 | Local Food, Rural Economy
Mt. Meru at almost 15,000 feet, the fifth highest mountain in Africa, capped in wispy clouds, towers over the Tanzanian village at the end of the paved road at the entrance to Arusha National Park. Meru’s taller and more well-known “mountain cousin”, Mt....
by Kathryn Gardow | Jan 23, 2019 | Healthy Food, Local Food
Have you ever thought how a farmer decides what to grow? My guess is probably not. So many of us never think where our food comes from, so why would we spend any time asking this question. Wondering where our food comes from is a long standing blind spot in our United...
by Kathryn Gardow | Nov 30, 2018 | Local Food, Sustainable Communities
Farming seems so idyllic. Old McDonald, the proverbial song, is my first recollection of the quintessential farming dream. A happy song with joyful animals. Seared in my memory are daytrips to my Grandmother’s house to find the choicest Halloween pumpkin; the...
