By Mike Wall, Space.com Astronauts flying to Mars or beyond may be able to grow their own veggies during the long trip using new technology tested in the Arizona desert. During a two-week trial, NASA put a compact vegetable-growing unit through its paces as part of the agency’s annual Research and Technology Studies demonstration, also […]
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By Johnathan L. Wright, Reno Gazette-Journal The Frey family, Nevada farmers for five generations, don’t simply want to remain on their land in Fallon. They want to work it, see it breathe and thrive — even as water rights have dramatically diminished and surrounding farms have been abandoned to the wind. In 2001, the Freys […]
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By Kim Severson, New York Times It’s been a busy week for vegetables. The baby-carrot industry tried to reposition its product as junk food, starting a $25 million advertising campaign whose defining characteristics include heavy metal music, a phone app and a young man in a grocery cart dodging baby-carrot bullets fired by a woman […]
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By Julia Read, Newsweek In 1934, when Gertrude Stein was invited to return to America from Paris to deliver a series of lectures, the thing that troubled her most, according to her companion, Alice B. Toklas, was “the question of the food she would be eating there.” A French friend who’d made a trip to […]
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By Kristi Buffo PLACERVILLE — How long should you dry-age your elk meat? What size pieces of meat should you use? How much time for deer versus elk versus other game? Chef John McGannon has made it his life’s work to answer questions like these. “Good hunters are usually people who want to know the […]
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Lattin Farms Fall Festival is every Saturday in October. It is a jubilee of family activities. Visitors can take a hayride to the pumpkin patch to find the perfect pumpkin, build a life-size scarecrow at the Scarecrow Factory, or treat the little ones to a cow train ride or a trip through Critterville. Pick-your-own raspberries […]
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By John Smith The weather for growing grapes in Fair Play is generally favorable, but there have been exceptions. 1995, 1998, 2005 and now 2010 stand out over the past 21 years here as less than ideal. In both this year and 1998, the culprit has been El Niño, the Pacific Ocean weather pattern that […]
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By Amber Wilson Packing a school lunch is one of the best ways for your kids to get the nutrients needed for a productive school day. Studies show that well-nourished children perform better in the classroom, so fill their brown bags with a mixture of whole grains, lean protein, fruit and vegetables. The following tips […]
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This year the Oct. 2 Downtown Truckee Wine, Walk & Shop is expanding the event with two activities that bookend the main event. Kick off the weekend at the Sierra Senior Services’ Stomp Out Hunger grape stomp on Oct. 1 from 5–7pm at the Truckee River Winery Tasting Room, 11467 Brockway Road in Truckee. Each […]
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By Susanne Rust, California Watch The state’s food and agriculture department announced the winners of a $17.2 million federal grant designed to promote specialty crops, including vegetables, fruits and nuts, in the state. Among the 63 winners were Sunsweet Growers Inc., which received $450,000 to develop a high-fiber breakfast prune bread, and scientists at UC […]
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