Rona Roberts

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Who am I?

* Wayne County, Kentucky native
* Daughter of Ruth and Lisle, who never stopped using real butter, and who both knew without question that fresh, home-grown, made from scratch is always best
* Lifelong Kentuckian, except for Peace Corps service in the Philippines, 1973-75
* Only recently realized what a paradise Kentucky is - and heard it first from my Massachusetts husband
* Partner and co-founder of Roberts & Kay, Inc, a research, facilitation, and organization development firm in Lexington, Kentucky
* Monthly columnist for Nougat Magazine, a central Kentucky arts monthly
* Author of www.savoringkentucky.com, a food blog celebrating Kentucky food and food culture
*Founder of www.makeminelocal.com, a community wiki dedicated to publishing sources of local ingredients, foods, products, and experiences in central Kentucky

Interests

Asia, community, Cooking, family, farmers markets, food blogs and wikis, food writing, local economies, reading, Slow Food, small farms, sustainability, talking about food, urban-rural connections, web

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Blog


First tomatoes
Earliest ever -- June 26, two Sun Gold cherries and one
Brandywine. I made it into the house with the Brandywine, but
the Sun Golds went down th...
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