Karen Karp

Karen Karp is the Founder and a Partner in KK&P, a leading Food Systems Consultancy working in the United States and select locations in Europe. Karen launched the company in 1990 after working 12 years in the restaurant and specialty food sectors.
KK&P strengthens interconnections between agriculture, food, health, policy, and people to align the for-profit, nonprofit, and government sectors.

KK&P’s “Good Food is Good Business” division focuses on Food Systems Planning, Supply Chain Development, Business Planning, Evaluation, and Education.

“Good People are Good Business” strengthens organizations through Performance Management, Recruiting, and Organizational Design.
Karen has a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree from Parsons School of Design in New York City (1982) and a master’s degree in Sustainability from the University of Bath School of Management in the UK (2001). Karen earned honors for her thesis, “How Does Food Sustain Us?” which explored how leaders convey and impart their personal food values within their organizations and how these communities are then transformed through food.
Karen lives on the North Fork of Long Island (NY, USA) and on a 13-hectare farm in Alegrete, Portugal, which produces cork, olives, citrus and is the home to 150 sheep.