by Kathryn Gardow | Aug 22, 2023 | Agrihoods, Farmland Preservation
Land and how people use land is my passion. As I a pre-teen, I grew my first crop–green bush beans–during a sultry Connecticut summer. Eating food from my garden always puts a big smile on my face. Coming from an engineering lineage, my Dad suggested...
by Kathryn Gardow | Jan 31, 2017 | Agrihoods, Local Food
In the 1990’s the rage in real estate development was both stand alone and master planned community golf course construction. The Golf Club at Newcastle repurposed an old construction landfill with 36 links, a stunning club house, and outstanding views to Puget Sound...
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...