Katina Connaughton

The Climb

Katina Connaughton has been co-founder and co-owner of SingleThread Farm-Restaurant-Inn since 2016. That date marks the formal start of the current structure, but the craft at the center of it is older and clearer: farming that is local in method and exacting in execution. In the fields and growing spaces tied to SingleThread, Connaughton’s role is the steady agricultural work that gives the restaurant its material vocabulary. Co-founder and co-owner describes the business arrangement; the farm side is where the daily cadence is made visible, through planting, harvesting, and adjusting to what the season allows.

Today

Connaughton remains Head Farmer and Co-Owner of SingleThread Farm-Restaurant-Inn in Healdsburg, California. In that position, the farm continues to define the larger experience by linking land, kitchen, and guest with uncommon clarity. Her work sits where stewardship meets hospitality, with the condition of a field carrying through to the texture of a meal. The craft asks for patience, precision, and close attention to place, and that is where her contribution lives: in the ongoing exchange between farm and table, and between what Sonoma County offers and how it is presented.

In Their Words “We are showcasing the best of our community in Sonoma County on a particular day in this particular place through our work on SingleThread Farms as well as the restaurant.” The line describes a working model of hospitality: place-specific, time-specific, and built around translating regional produce into a shared experience. SingleThread functions as a framework for that translation, bringing multiple forms of labor into one serviceable moment. “I think it is the spirit of Sonoma County – the makers, the artisans – with Japanese sensibilities.” The phrasing points to an ethos shaped by local makers and artisans, with Japanese sensibilities as part of the project’s structure. It reads as a balance of influences grounded in restraint, attention, and respect for craft.