On January 19th, Shayna Cohen attended the third annual Rhode Island Food Summit which brought together more than 400 government, industry, education, nonprofit, and community partners whose work comprises and supports the state’s food economy—a kind of who’s who of Little Rhody’s food system. Topics covered a broad range of issues reflective of KK&P’s past...

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By Christophe Hille The Sixth MAD Symposium, subtitled “Mind the Gap,” ran August 26th and 27th in Copenhagen, and I had the great pleasure of attending the event and indulging in those two days of talking, thinking, and hospitality. The entity behind the event is MAD, an organization founded by the chef Rene Redzepi that...

Friends of the High Line (FHL)—the non-profit caretakers of New York City’s famed High Line park—is offering three-year contracts starting in the 2019 season for two new fixed kiosk locations with 50-60 enclosed seats each. Karen Karp & Partners (KK&P) has been engaged by FHL to identify, recruit, and select these new vendors. KK&P is issuing...

by Karen Karp While the lazy days of summer may finally be upon us, KK&P has been especially busy developing, facilitating, and coordinating a variety of food-focused events for our clients and organizations we are committed to through our volunteer work. Designing and facilitating events has become a core part of our service offerings over...

About Glynwood Glynwood’s mission is to ensure that the Hudson Valley is a region defined by food, where farming thrives, where farmers prosper, food entrepreneurs succeed, residents are nourished and visitors inspired. Located on a 225-acre property near Cold Spring, NY, in the Hudson Valley, Glynwood is focused on creating robust regional development and growth...

by Karen Karp   When a colleague noticed on Instagram that I had taken a lot of pictures of Portugal over the last year, he referred KK&P to a Spanish-Portuguese company that develops regional branding strategies all over the world. They are working with the Mayor (or “President”) of the county of Idanha-a-Nova, in Portugal’s...

While there is an irrefutable connection between lifestyle choices and physical health, most doctors and future doctors – medical students – are not equipped to advise their future patients on how their eating choices can prevent and treat chronic illness. Less than a third of medical schools in the U.S. offer the recommended 25 hours...