by Kathryn Gardow | Aug 31, 2020 | Local Food, Rural Economy
Summer is my favorite food season. It’s the season of fruits and vegetables I crave. We are at peak season right now. Freshly picked corn, luscious peaches dripping with sweetness, tomatoes-green stripes, dark chocolate, yellow pear and cherry red, and more-all...
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 | Nov 23, 2016 | Flooding, Land Use Planning
As with most any topic, the best answer is, “It depends.” Flooding can be beneficial and also devastating. Throughout history and up to today, food is often grown on lands adjacent to the mightiest rivers, think the Nile, Tigris and Euphrates, Ganges, and Mississippi...