Katie Gourley(@k.e.gourley) is a farmer and baker deeply rooted in biodiversity and alternative economies. As one half of La Merenda Farm (@lamerendafarm), she operates a beautiful heirloom bean CSA, and also bakes seasonal whole-grain cakes through her small-scale community baking project, Sweet Clover Baking. Katie also has a Masters in Urban Planning with Distinction from the Harvard University Graduate School of Design, where her thesis on community seed saving and alternative economies was the recipient of the Harvard Urban Planning and Design Thesis Prize. Listen in for a deep dive on seed libraries, sharing economies, biodiversity in baking, zines, farming challenges, and dreams of a more caring world.
Links:
Katie’s thesis - with bibliography
Katie Gourley - writing
Katie Gourley - zines
Robin Wall Kimmerer
Vandana Shiva (another link) (yet another link)
What is the sharing economy? - Business Because
New Economy Coalition (team)
Seed Libraries—
NYPL
Queens Public Library
Reclaim Seed NYC
Green Guerillas - fundraiser for seed library and tool library
Next Epoch Seed Library
Seed Savers Exchange
Community Seed Network - online map
3 Sisters Seedbox (article about Alicia Serratos)
Rose Wilde - Bread and Roses
Roxana Jullapat - Mother Grains
Jennifer Lapidus - Southern Ground
Adrian Hale - Mama Bread (designed by Katie!)
Raven Breads (interview with Sophie Williams) (archived blog post about sourcing)
Instagram: @regenerativebaking and @dresslerparsons