About

My name is Kate. My goal is to create a space where normal humans can learn about this stunningly beautiful and wondrous planet, to understand and see the beauty, and to feel like they can make a difference.

I used to call fish ugly, slug disgusting, and ants annoying. I knew nothing about these creatures.

Becoming a SCUBA diver changed my life forever. Adopting a neglected piece of land to restore it into a flourishing garden changed it again. Now, I would not recognize the person I used to be.

After a few attempts at balcony gardening, I adopted a neglected piece of land to restore it into a flourishing food forest. Soon after, I added a second plot, and began to grow much of our vegetables, fruit, and greens.

Many failures and successes later, I have learned to listen to the garden, to spot the signs, to aid but not force into submission what grows in my garden. Regenerative practices work on a tiny scale like a balcony but also on the grand scale in industrial agriculture--if we let them.

Alongside community, knowledge and education will be what saves humanity from itself and from destroying their home. I believe that opening people's eyes to all the astonighing creatures and connections in nature will make people care. So, I set out to share what I know, to spread the beauty and the wonder of this beautiful plant--and the practices involved in growing, preparing, and preserving the food we eat without borrowing from our one home: Earth.

I graduated from the University of Hamburg, Germany, with a Bachelor of Science in Marine Ecology and Fisheries and am currently writing my Master's thesis on Regenerative Agriculture and how to communicate its benefits and challenges to the general public and farmers. This will complete my Master of Science in Landscape Ecology and Nature Conservation at the University of Greifswald, Germany.