agriculture

Carson High School’s Career and Technical Education (CTE) students will present a three-dimensional replica of the Carson City Mint, Liberty Bell and coin press to the Nevada State Museum in a deed of gift signing ceremony inside the museum's south gallery located at 600 N. Carson Street on Tuesday, April 25 at 9 a.m.

Holy moly, it’s going to be a busy weekend: busy and gorgeous out. A bowling tournament and the Comstock Shootout Soccer tournament have the hotels and motels busting at the seams. Celebrate Earth Day with Muscle Powered by making a small piece of Carson City that much cleaner; the trash meets at 8 a.m. and leaves you plenty of time to enjoy the day. Rummage and book sales, live music, a fun run and a half-marathon, comedy and so much more await you. Check out the list for all the ways to embrace the sunshine.

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YERINGTON — Lyon County's seat celebrated Earth Day on Wednesday with a volunteer fair at its fire station, tree planting, painting the town's animal shelter and the announcement the community has been approved for $36 million in federal funding for water and sewer improvements.

University of Nevada Cooperative Extension’s 4-H's Capital City Farm Days in Carson City is set for April 20-21. There will be 28 presenters teaching elementary-age youth about Nevada agriculture, where food and fiber come from, and environmental issues related to agriculture.

Seventeen Carson High School Career and Technical Education students competed at the Nevada State FFA Conference in Reno last month.

The Silver State Fair Housing Council awarded its SSFHC HEART Award on Wednesday to Nevada Rural Housing Authority Deputy Director Bill Brewer.

NCET, Nevada’s Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology, selected AboveGeo as its “Aerospace Company of the Year.”

AboveGeo, formerly AboveNV, is an aerial services and data company that provides high-resolution geospatial data collection and analysis through leading edge drone and sensor technologies.

The Nevada Department of Agriculture recently announced Jerri Conrad as deputy director. Conrad has worked at the NDA for three years as the executive assistant to the director, and has more than 20 years of experience in both the public and private sector as a facilitator, communications professional and personnel manager.

Carson City High School Career and Technology Education student Karsen Law will have his work displayed by the Nevada Museum of Art and the Holland Project Gallery, both in Reno, beginning March 1.

Western Nevada College Specialty Crop Institute will offer The Lean Farm Workshop on Saturday, March 25, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., at the WNC Carson City campus, 2201 W. College Parkway. Cost is $35 if registered by March 17 and $40 after this date. Registration includes “The Lean Farm” book and lunch.

CARSON CITY, Nev. – Carson High School’s Career and Technical Education program is presenting its Career Expo Wednesday, March 1 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the high school. The Expo is open to the general public as well as all Carson High School and Carson City middle school students.

Bringing an American reality television series to CHS Business Students is another reason why Carson High School is a cutting edge high school. Thanks to teachers Billy McHenry and Angila Golik as well as Carson City community professionals, students are offered real life experiences.

It was 100 years ago that Congress recognized the importance of vocational education by enacting the Smith-Hughes Act that provided federal funding for vocational agriculture training.

A century later, the importance of skill-related careers and training are also being emphasized closer to home. Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval and Carson City Mayor Bob Crowell declared February as Career and Technical Education Month. 

The Nevada Department of Agriculture (NDA) began receiving accounts of horses exposed to equine herpes virus type 4 (EHV-4) and Streptococcus equi bacterial infection — also known as strangles or equine distemper — as of Saturday, Feb. 18, NDA public information officer Rebecca Allured said in a press release late Wednesday.

Nevada had the highest percentage increase in school breakfast participation according to the annual School Breakfast Scorecard released Tuesday by the Food Research and Action Center, a national anti-hunger advocacy group. The scorecard ranks all 50 states and the District of Columbia on participation of low-income children in the School Breakfast Program.

CARSON CITY — Many small farms and businesses lack sales and marketing experience, and implementing these skills can seem overwhelming.

Organizers of the Carson City Fair are looking for volunteers and donors to help with this year’s event.

On Monday, Feb. 6, the Nevada Department of Agriculture gathered 16 feral horses that were wandering in east Carson City for about three weeks. The horses will be vaccinated with fertility control drugs, as part of an agreement between the NDA and the American Wild Horse Preservation Campaign and then relocated to an area south of Highway 50 near Stagecoach.

CARSON CITY, Nev. – Students and faculty at Carson High School will join others across the nation during the month of February to celebrate national Career and Technical Education Month.

CARSON CITY— The Carson River Coalition invites you to the 2017 Carson River Watershed Management Forum. The Carson River Watershed is truly “A Lifeline Connecting Our Communities.”

CARSON CITY— The Carson River Coalition invites you to the 2017 Carson River Watershed Management Forum. The Carson River Watershed is truly “A Lifeline Connecting Our Communities.”

CARSON CITY— The Carson River Coalition invites you to the 2017 Carson River Watershed Management Forum. The Carson River Watershed is truly “A Lifeline Connecting Our Communities.”

Winter is the time for farmers and ranchers to repair, replace and update farm equipment.
To facilitate these tasks, Western Nevada College Specialty Crop Institute, in collaboration with the University of Nevada, Reno Desert Farming Initiative, will offer a Small Farm Equipment Workshop on Friday, Jan. 20.

The workshop runs from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Desert Farming Initiative, 920 Valley Road, in Reno. Cost is $20 for those registering by Friday Jan. 13 and $25 afterward.

Rain is forecast to turn to snow Monday as a cold air front moves into Carson City and Northwestern Nevada, the National Weather Service (NWS) in Reno reports, helping to reduce the flood threat from excessive snow melt and run-off.

Christmas, Kwanzaa, and Hanukah all fall within three days of each other this year. As friends and families gather together this season, the U.S. Department of Agriculture Food Safety Inspection Service has four food safety tips to ensure a healthy and safe holiday.

About 25 years ago, I purchased a 1933 three-volume set of The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture by L. H. Bailey, also known as Liberty Hyde Bailey. First published in 1914, the set was “a discussion, for the amateur, and the professional and commercial grower, of the kinds, characteristics and methods of cultivation of the species of plants grown in the regions of the United States and Canada for ornament, for fancy, for fruit and for vegetables: with keys to the natural families and genera, descriptions of the horticultural capabilities of the States and Provinces and dependent islands, and sketches of eminent horticulturists.”

Students finding their future careers before they have even graduated from high school has been an evolution in the making and who would have thought?

However, between Carson High School’s Senior Project graduation requirement, made possible by the generous working community of Carson City, the myriad of old and newly formed clubs offered to the students of Carson High, and on-site income earners like The Greenhouse Project, not to mention the Career and Technical Education Jump Start program offered through Western Nevada College, students are figuring out quickly that high school is not the end of their education before starting a career, it is where they may actually begin their careers.

Dear Editor, It is with deep gratitude that The Greenhouse Project Board, Manager Cory King and I extend our thanks to the community for their generous support of the annual Celebrity Chef & Harvest Dinner. We were fortunate to showcase the culinary talents of Josh and Whitney Deri of Blend Catering, Reno alongside Charlie’s.

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development invested more than $188 million in federal fiscal year 2016 (October-September) to support housing, community facilities, water systems and businesses in rural Nevada.

The Nevada Department of Agriculture has been awarded a $2 million U.S Food and Drug Administration grant that will be used to offer workshops, training and technical assistance to Nevada farmers to aid in prevention of produce-related food outbreaks.