Rock star Sammy Hagar will be at Harveys Lake Tahoe on May 4 to celebrate the eighth anniversary and grand reopening of his Cabo Wabo Cantina. During his appearance at the Cantina, between the hours of 4 and 7pm, the Red Rocker will also be announcing his latest venture into the “spirit world,” with the […]
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By Sarah B. Weir, Yahoo Even food snobs who shun McDonald’s have to admit that they serve the mother of all French fries. Ray Kroc, one of the chain’s founders wrote in his autobiography that the fry was “almost sacrosanct for me. Its preparation a ritual to be followed religiously.” The end result is a […]
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By Kathryn Reed As the temps soared last weekend in the Lake Tahoe Basin, it was time for one of my favorite warm weather activities – fire up the barbecue. While others barbecue year-round, we are definitely fair-weather grillers. One of my favorite veggies to grill is asparagus. I never get tired of those tasty […]
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By P.J. Huffstutter and Niu Shuping, Reuters Inside a dimly lit barn in northeast Indiana, where the air smells faintly of corn and earth, the future of China’s food supply is squealing for attention. A farmhand shuffles through the crowd of pigs inside pen 7E3, patting their fleshy pink backs and checking their water trough. […]
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By Dan Charles, NPR We’d probably like to think that clean, safe food goes hand in hand with pristine nature, with lots of wildlife and clean water. But in the part of California that grows a lot of the country’s lettuce and spinach, these two goals have come into conflict. Environmental advocates say a single-minded […]
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Capital City Farm Days is May 10-11 at Fuji Park Exhibit Hall and Carson City Fairgrounds. The event organized by University of Nevada Cooperative Extension runs from 8:30am-2pm each day and includes up to 32 presenters providing information and demonstrations on ranching- and farming-related activities in Nevada. The event typically draws from 500 to 1,200 […]
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By Sarah Klein, Huffington Post You wouldn’t sit down to dinner at your favorite restaurant and order a stick of butter a la carte. You’re too smart for that — you know there’d be lots of calories and little nutrients and, most of all, lots and lots of fat. But some of the cheesy entrees […]
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Educators from El Dorado and Amador counties are invited to attend the Teacher’s Ag Summer Institute set for June 19-21. The workshop will bring together classroom teachers, farmers, ranchers, environmental educators and agricultural and natural resource specialists to gain a deeper understanding of agricultural systems and how they sustain the health of people, society, and […]
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By Casey Seidenberg, Washington Post My 9-year-old saw a headline in my email that read “10 Foods You Should NEVER Eat!” He grabbed me and said, “Mom, have you read this? I thought there weren’t foods we should never eat. You said all foods were okay once in a while.” I was so proud. As […]
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By Ted Burnham, NPR When the ban on slaughtering horses for human consumption was lifted in the U.S. last November, it was only a matter of time before someone applied to start the practice up again. That person is Rick De Los Santos, a New Mexico rancher and owner of Valley Meat Co. If the […]
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