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25 June 2019
KK&P was retained by the global design firm Sasaki to develop a food service vision and operating model for a new public park under development in the city of Lakeland, Florida. The park will center on Lake Bonnet, ecologically restoring a 180-acre area to the east of the lake that was once a major rail...
Oneida County Workshop
18 June 2019
Located in upstate New York, Oneida County and the surrounding region are home to abundant natural resources, a long history and culture of agriculture, and numerous food supply chain players – meat and dairy processors, aggregators, food hubs, distributors, and anchor institutions. While uniquely positioned for growth with these assets, the region is also experiencing...
Karen Karp discusses Women in Agriculture
The High Line Seeks Kiosk Operators RFP
8 August 2018
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...
Karen Karp facilitates a conversation and film screen with The New Food Economy about bringing women to the ag-tech table.
18 July 2018
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...
Monterey Bay Fisheries Fish Hub
1 May 2018
Since the fall of 2016, Karen Karp & Partners has been working closely with the Monterey Bay Fisheries Trust (MBFT) to develop a financially viable fish hub, modeled on the food hubs that are taking root around the country, in order to create new markets for Monterey Bay seafood. Monterey, California and its Bay have a...
Peninsula Rendering
17 April 2018
The Peninsula, a collaboration between Gilbane Development Company, Hudson Companies and MHANY Management Inc., was selected by the New York City Economic Development Corporation to transform the former Spofford Juvenile Detention Center in the Bronx’s Hunts Point community into a new mixed-use residential, retail, and light manufacturing site. KK&P has been retained to develop a food manufacturing program for Building...
Bronx Peninsula Arial View
21 March 2018
The Peninsula, a collaboration between Gilbane Development Company, Hudson Companies and MHANY Management Inc. was selected by the New York City Economic Development Corporation to transform the former Spofford Juvenile Detention Center in the Bronx’s Hunts Point community into a new mixed-use residential, retail, and light manufacturing site. The development will create approximately 740 units...
Intern Seed Growth
14 March 2018
As I write, the days are getting longer and the anticipation of sunshine, warmth, and flowers flows through the veins. Pre-season baseball activities are a beacon of summer to come. And graduates-to-be across higher education are anticipating their next move. And it’s snowing—wouldn’t be March without that, too. Every year, especially from mid-January through April,...
Resilience
25 January 2018
by Karen Karp This is a January like no other, and that’s because 2017 was a year like no other. You know what I’m talking about. But for this annual reflection and forecast I want to share an experience from November 9th, 2016. That’s right, the day after Election Day. I had just returned from...
23 January 2018
Farm to Institution New England (FINE) was founded to build a network across New England states that would support efforts to increase institutional demand (from schools, universities, hospitals, corporate dining services, etc.) for regionally produced foods while also increasing local food producers’ and processors’ capacity to meet that demand. Their broader mission is to mobilize...