photos by Donna Victor

  • Toxic Tools

    Black plastic cooking utensils recently have garnered national attention for their potentially toxic characteristics. These tools are accessible, easy to find, and look good, but not all are created equal.

  • Cultivating Resiliency

    Soulful Seeds nurtures more than crops. With a mission to foster connection and resilience through neighborhood gardens, Soulful Seeds has been providing healthy food to vulnerable populations in the Reno-Tahoe area since 2017. What began as a community garden at Saint Mary’s Regional Medical Center in Reno evolved into a nonprofit organization in 2018. Today,…

  • Cookie Craft

    There’s something simply magical about sugar cookies, especially this time of year — whether you’re sitting at the counter rolling out the cooled, sweet dough, covering the shapes with iridescent sprinkles, or taking that first enticing bite.

  • Chefs to the Scholars

    Gone are the days of relying on vending machines and ramen for sustenance at the University of Nevada, Reno. Like the students matriculating here, campus dining has grown up in recent years to make UNR a campus not just for scholars, but for anyone seeking affordable, nutritious, from-scratch meals.

  • Science & Comics

    Lauren Sankovitch is the embodiment of a modern Renaissance woman. Her career is as layered and fascinating as her geological studies as a graduate student in the Department of Geological Sciences and Engineering at the University of Nevada, Reno. T

  • Seed Money

    Although women comprise only about a third of the country’s agricultural producers, they represent the fastest growing demographic in agriculture, their numbers nearly tripling over the last three decades.

  • Growing Talent

    The Desert Farming Initiative is addressing the lack of local farms and farm workers by supporting a new generation of agricultural professionals through apprenticeships funded by the Nevada Agricultural Experiment Station and the University of Nevada, Reno.