Kristin Kirkpatrick: September message

Various vegetables on a table

I love this time of year. For starters, my kids are back in school. While I hold my breath to see how long that may remain, I am grateful to have some sense of normalcy (and a significantly quieter house while we continue to work from home).

Kristin Kirkpatrick: June message

Carrots with soil on them

As we transition to warmer months, I’m thinking about our academic partners and the challenging and amazing year you have just pulled off. Congratulations, you did it!

Kristin Kirkpatrick: May message

Crops growing in soil

Where I live, in Colorado, the trees have begun to bloom, the grass has finally greened, and after a season of storms and confinement, it does feel that the world is opening, if even a little bit, sowing seeds of hope.

Kristin Kirkpatrick: April message

Above ground irrigator

There is much to be hopeful about right now. Vaccinations. Continued innovations. And the transformational energy that comes with spring.  

Kristin Kirkpatrick: March message

Inside of a greenhouse

I so enjoyed listening to Dr. Elizabeth Parks last month as she discussed the art and science of ethical, sustainable listening — and the ways that we often miss one another.

Kristin Kirkpatrick: October message

Various vegetables on a table

The fire to the west of my home in Fort Collins continues to ravage the mountainous playground that we all love, the places where we connect with something bigger than ourselves, where we find peace and respite.