Community Supported Agriculture (CSAs)
Connective roots grow deeply when you purchase your food from local farmers. You help keep your community growing and thriving … quite literally. Plus, knowing where your food comes from, […]
Freshly Minted
Uses for mint beyond tea and juleps. Cooling, refreshing mint abounds in gardens each summer. A prolific perennial, the species menthais cited in one of the world’s oldest surviving medical […]
Reno-Tahoe Area Farmers’ Markets 2024
NOTE: Some markets may have schedule changes. Before visiting, check website or social media. Sponsored by American Farmland Trust Vote for a local Reno-Tahoe farmers’ market to be recognized in […]
Meals that Reshape Lives
Peace Feasts help refugees feel like part of the community. Reno is not widely known by its residents as a resettlement community for refugees, but with the help of the […]
Sub-stantial Sandwiches
Yellow Submarine has been a South Lake favorite for nearly 50 years. Everything’s bigger in Tahoe — the mountains, the snowpack, the lake … and the sub sandwiches. Yellow Submarine […]
Evolution of the Alturas
Reno’s oldest bar has found its sweet spot. How do you keep a bar in business for more than a century? Ask the folks at Alturas Bar at 1044 E. […]
Creating Your Wedding Wonderland
You’re getting married — congratulations! Now visions of your dream wedding are constantly flitting through your mind: a day, perhaps longer, of laughter and joy, reveling with your most beloved […]
Soil Warriors
Wiggle your way to wondrous soil using worms. Those wriggling invertebrates in your garden bed may look unappealing, but they actually are working hard to help your plants grow. Vermiculture […]
Dirty Secrets
Three steps to soil health this summer. In 1892, the Witt family started dairy farming in Minden. A fifth-generation Nevadan, Cody Witt, co-owner and manager of Full Circle Compost in […]
What is the Future of Local Farming?
A look at the challenges and triumphs of growing food in Reno-Tahoe. Farmers and ranchers face abundant challenges within their industry. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s 2022 Census […]