Over the course of 2020, KK&P worked with Rhode Island’s first food business incubator, Hope & Main, to develop a strategic plan for their next five years of operation. Hope & Main has helped aspiring food entrepreneurs launch and scale their businesses by providing shared-use kitchens, technical and business training, and a community of peers and...

Last year, KK&P worked with Brooklyn Grange to recruit a new CEO to take the helm from Founding CEO Ben Flanner. Sam Murray was selected for the position, coming from several decades of experience leading CPG and food businesses. KK&P’s founder Karen Karp checked in with Sam to ask about the past year leading this icon of urban agriculture....

We’ve been disappointed by the USDA’s recent $1 billion cuts to local food programs. These cuts run counter to the USDA’s mission, and will hurt farms, farmers, and eaters across the country. We penned this letter to USDA Secretary Rollins to express how critical these programs are to the strength, health, and resilience of our...

KK&P is building up our network of freelance Associate Consultants to support a broad range of projects over the course of 2025 and beyond. Associate Consultants work on a project-by-project basis, providing research and consulting support to Senior Analysts and Partners. Associate Consultants may be in the early stages of their careers or decades in;...

We have some exciting news to share about the future of KK&P.

This historic event was held on September 28, 2022, more than 50 years after the first.

This summer, KK&P welcomed three new associate consultants to the company.

KK&P is thrilled to announce the release of our report, Agriculture and Local Food Economies in the Appalachian Region, prepared for the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC). The report is the culmination of over a year and a half of research and development by KK&P, looking at current trends, dynamics, and opportunities in local and regional food economies across the Appalachian Region.

How KK&P helped a coalition of NYC’s largest emergency food providers launch a collective purchasing program.

Karen Karp and Senior Consultant Ben Kerrick talk about the period between 2016 and 2020 and KK&P’s long history of guiding values-driven procurement by institutions and corporations.

Karen Karp & Partners is pleased to announce that Maxwell Bernstein has joined the company as a staff consultant.

The Rhode Island Food Policy Council (RIFPC) is a statewide network established in 2011 with a mission to promote a more equitable, accessible, economically vibrant, and environmentally sustainable food system. We cultivate partnerships, develop and implement high-impact projects, and advocate for good food policy. We center equity in our work, which touches all parts of...