A happy quail. Photo courtesy of Serena Hehnke

Bird in the Hand

Reno farm wishes happy quails to you. Quail eggs offer many health benefits over chicken eggs, says Serena Hehnke, co-owner of Happy Quails HQ, a Reno-based quail farm. Hehnke — who owns the business with her bird-obsessed partner Anna Farb — says the birds not only are higher in protein than chickens, with more vitamins…

Karen Nichols, co-owner and operator of Cherry Dog Orchards in Fallon, loves picking fruit from her trees. Photo by Mike Higdon

Low-Hanging Fruit

Six years ago, Karen Nichols and her husband, Louie Adame, were looking for a new place to live. They had no idea, as they drove to Fallon to see a house, that they would end up owning an orchard two months later.