Climate crisis. Climate change. Global warming. Whatever you choose to call it, you know it’s already happening. Record storms, wildfires, floods, heat waves, droughts, melting ice caps, rising sea levels … all have become commonplace in our daily news.
Though the words climate change have been on the minds of people around the globe, those of us in the Reno-Tahoe area have felt its acute effects particularly — and uncomfortably — close to home. Increasingly dry winters, record high temperatures, and, most recently, the season we’ve started to think of as “Smoke-tember,” thanks to recurring massive wildfires at the end of every summer.
As winter turns to spring, the shift not only can be seen outside your window — you can taste it, too, at the Atlantis Steakhouse, where chef Darren Stanley showcases nature’s quarterly metamorphosis through the ingredients found on each guest’s plate.
There’s something magical about a hand-carved, clear chunk of ice. The way a drink can catch the light and glow with the right piece of ice can make anyone feel romantic about cocktails.
What do Carson City’s Western Nevada College; the University of California, Berkeley; and Arizona State University have in common? They are the only three colleges in the region to receive money from a federal 2020-21 Pollution Prevention Grant Program through the Environmental Protection Agency.
Shabu-shabu hot pot is a meal meant to be shared, one that encourages gathering, cooking, and enjoying time together — and it’s not a ritual to rush through.
As a child, Karen Hinton was immersed in farming and ranching in the Texas panhandle on her family’s expansive acreage. In the small town of Happy, Texas, with a population that only numbered in the hundreds, 4-H was a place for children to learn life skills — an edifying club in which her whole family was involved.
Nestled inside a residential neighborhood off Robb Drive in Northwest Reno, Valley Wood Park Waterwise Garden is abuzz with pollinators and birds, drought-tolerant plants, and food and herb gardens.
Nothing says spring like a downy chick or woolly lamb cuddling against a child’s cheek.
These and other young ones are what guests will see and experience during Andelin Family Farm’s annual Baby Animal Days, April 7 – 30.
A year-round farmers’ market in Northern Nevada. The concept once sounded like a fantasy. But in 2022, it’s the realized dream achieved through a partnership between the owners of Prema Farm in Reno, Zach Cannady and Kasey Crispin, and the Reno-based nonprofit Local Food Network.