The Mighty Bean
This protein option is a solid star at the dinner table. Beans have been the unfortunate victim of bad branding. As a child, it’s likely you heard the little ditty about beans that was, oddly enough, taken from Stephen King’s book The Gunslinger, and went something like this: “Beans, beans, the musical fruit, the more […]
Shrinking the Hunger Gap
Home Feeds Nevada aims to address local food insecurity. Although Nevada was one of 16 states in 2016 to experience a drop in food insecurity, one in eight Nevadans remained food insecure during the 2016-2018 period, according to a United States Department of Agriculture study. How does food insecurity differ from hunger? According to the […]
Bring the Outdoors In
Grow your own food this winter within the comfort of your home. Let’s talk CEA. If you’ve never heard the term before, CEA stands for Controlled Environment Agriculture, and it refers to growing in an enclosed space of some sort to be able to manipulate conditions for optimal growth of whatever crop is within said […]
Fall Fruit Tree Care
Tips for setting your trees up for success. Ever wonder how to help your fruit tree live its best life? In this changing climate, it can be challenging to know just what to do to make that happen. We talked with some Reno-based arborists to demystify fall tree care here. Leslie Lyles, owner of Stewardship […]
Spread Compost, not COVID
Backyard Farms’ pandemic-fueled growth proves the power of locally grown food. There’s nothing like a global pandemic to test the human spirit and remind us what really matters. Like knowing how to bake a good sourdough bread and maintain its starter or how to perfect a TikTok dance. You know, the essentials. Also illuminated during […]
One Mile High and Rising
From hip hop to hors d’oeuvres, Coltrane to Cubanos, Moody’s has it all. Standing about 600 feet taller than Denver, the famous “Mile-High City,” and with just a fraction of its population, Truckee is tiny but mighty. Its picturesque, historic downtown spans only blocks and is backed by epic peaks. Walk eastward down Donner Pass […]