agriculture
Kathy McIntosh of Silver Springs Wins Nevada Governor’s Points of Light Award
Submitted by Carson Now Reader on Fri, 11/04/2016 - 1:12pmSilver Springs, Nevada – At the Governor’s Points of Light Awards Ceremony in Las Vegas on September 29th, 2016, Lieutenant Governor Mark Hutchinson presented Kathy McIntosh with a statewide award recognizing her exemplary work as Volunteer Manager at the Silver Stage Food Pantry in Silver Springs.
Carson High students take on Greenhouse Project as awareness and fundraising senior project
Submitted by editor on Thu, 10/20/2016 - 10:01am“Honestly, we didn’t know until last spring about The Greenhouse Project even though the facility is on campus,” said Shaylin Segura, who with fellow Carson High School senior Sophie Waite, have for their Senior Project endeavored to raise community awareness about and $5,000 for The Greenhouse Project.
Carson High School CTE student Holly Strasser competes in national FFA convention
Submitted by editor on Tue, 10/18/2016 - 12:14pmMore than 64,000 students are expected to gather this week in Indianapolis for the national Future Farmers of America convention, competing in a multitude of events, and Carson High School CTE student, Holly Strasser, 17, will be one of only 52 students to compete in extemporaneous speaking at the event.
Carson High CTE, FFA sell floral arrangements for breast cancer and domestic violence awareness
Submitted by editor on Fri, 10/07/2016 - 4:01pmCarson High School Career and Technical Education floriculture students led by agriculture teacher, Charlie Mann, are taking orders for floral arrangements created and sold to benefit local breast cancer and domestic violence charitable organizations. Orders will be accepted through Oct. 12.
Two wild horses die in Tuesday wreck; motorists urged to be cautious driving Virginia Range
Submitted by editor on Wed, 09/07/2016 - 10:39amAfter a collision on Toll Road in south Reno, Nevada Department of Agriculture officials urge motorists to use extreme caution when driving in the Virginia Range area. The collision took place late on Tuesday night and involved two vehicles and three feral horses. The motorists sustained no injuries, but the accident resulted in two dead horses.
Senator Square: CHS teachers, staff and students lend a hand for community projects
Submitted by editor on Sat, 08/27/2016 - 9:21pmTeachers and students at Carson High School are teaming up to accomplish some amazing community projects throughout Carson City and beyond. One of Carson High School’s own counselors, Nicki Hendee, along with CHS teacher Angila Golik and her honors government class, and a host of local businesses offering support, are collecting anything and everything to do with, of all things, diapers.
Slower snowmelt affects agriculture, drinking water availability in western mountains
Submitted by editor on Fri, 08/12/2016 - 1:12pmWestern communities are facing effects of a warming climate with slower and earlier snowmelt reducing streamflows and possibly the amount of water reaching reservoirs used for drinking water and agriculture, according to a study published in July.
Food, Fuel, Fiber and Family: Carson Valley Ag Day Festival celebrated Saturday in Gardnerville
Submitted by Carson Now Reader on Fri, 08/12/2016 - 2:02amThe first ever Carson Valley Ag Day will be held Saturday at Lampe Park in Gardnerville. This free, family friendly event celebrates the region’s rich agricultural history and provides the community a good understanding of where food, fuel and fiber comes from, how it’s grown and who the local people are making it happen.
Nevada Humane Society Animal Files: We’ve Adopted a New CEO
Submitted by editor on Thu, 08/04/2016 - 1:51pmIf you’ve followed us at all over the last year, you know we’ve been searching hard for a new CEO. Someone that would help take us to the next level, understand our long-term mission of a no-kill Nevada, and someone with plenty of experience. Well, it’s time to let you know that we’ve adopted a new leader, Kiska Icard!
Nevada Humane Society Introduces Kiska Icard as Chief Executive Officer
Submitted by editor on Wed, 08/03/2016 - 10:22amNevada Humane Society is proud to announce Kiska Icard as the new Chief Executive Officer. She is an experienced animal welfare professional with over 20 years of experience leading Bay Area non-profit organizations.
Summer meals available for kids and teens in Carson City
Submitted by editor on Mon, 08/01/2016 - 9:19amWater ecology, ecosystem issues to be addressed by new Global Water Center at UNR
Submitted by editor on Fri, 07/22/2016 - 10:32amA new initiative by the University of Nevada, Reno to foster creative, interdisciplinary research aimed at answering critical questions related to water resource management and sustainability was approved by the Nevada System of Higher Education Board of Regents.
Job opportunities at FISH
Submitted by editor on Tue, 07/12/2016 - 1:01pmFriends in Service Helping, also known as FISH, has announced two job opportunities that have become available. The organization is dedicated to serving the needs of the homeless and hungry individuals and families in Carson City.
JoAnne Skelly column: Protecting pollinators in a big way
Submitted by editor on Sun, 07/03/2016 - 1:13pmWe just completed National Pollinator Week, a designation that recognizes all that pollinators do for our food supply, environment and economy. Last year the Obama administration released a “National Strategy to Promote the Health of Honey Bees and Other Pollinators” led by U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Forest Service: 66 million dead trees in Sierra; 26 million since October
Submitted by editor on Fri, 06/24/2016 - 1:49pmThe number of dead trees in the Sierra Nevada are now at historic levels and have fueled the risk of catastrophic wildfires according to the U.S. Forest Service.
The agency announced Wednesday that it has identified an additional 26 million dead trees in California since October 2015, bringing the total to at least 66 million dead trees in the state. The most recent additions are located in six counties across 760,000 acres in the Southern Nevada region.
Wild Horse Advocate To Offer Gold Hill Presentation
Submitted by editor on Tue, 06/07/2016 - 12:41pmVIRGINIA CITY — Bonnie Matton, president and founder of the Wild Horse Preservation League in Dayton, will offer a presentation on the special needs and issues involving the wild horses who roam the Virginia/Flowery ranges at the Gold Hill Hotel Thursday Night Presentations on Thursday, June 16.
RSVP offers farmers market coupons for Carson City seniors
Submitted by Jeff Munson on Mon, 06/06/2016 - 5:15pmThe Retired Senior Volunteer Program, also known as RSVP, has free farmers market coupons for Carson City low-income seniors through the Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program.
Nevada State Fair returns and brings the Rendevous with it
Submitted by Danielle Cook on Mon, 06/06/2016 - 4:01amThe Nevada State Fair returns to Carson City Thursday, June 9 and will occupy Mills Park until Sunday, June 12. Free to attend, the Fair features live music, carnival rides, a car show, County exhibits, civil war reenactments, and more. Free parking can be found at Carson High School.
Carson City Greenhouse Project fundraiser to feature funk-soul supergroup Tower of Power
Submitted by editor on Wed, 06/01/2016 - 1:16pmThere will be no better place to be Thursday, July 14, than at Cafe at Adele’s in Carson City for the eighth annual Concert Under the Stars, A Benefit for The Greenhouse Project, when the summer air fills with the unstoppable rhythm, blues and funk sounds of Tower of Power, who have delighted crowds since they first began playing in Oakland, Calif.
Carson River Watershed 'Get on the Bus' Tour
Submitted by Carson Now Reader on Wed, 05/18/2016 - 1:51pmJoin us for a fun and informative two-day Carson River Watershed tour on June 7-8. Meet at Smith's parking lot each day to "Get on the Bus" and travel the upper watershed from Alpine County to Carson City on Day 1, June 7, and from Carson City to Fallon on Day 2, June 8.
Cooperative Extension hosts Minden forum on holistic land management
Submitted by editor on Wed, 05/11/2016 - 12:18pmIn many instances, agricultural land management for small-acreage landowners is a painstaking, yet rewarding hobby. The irrigation water needs to be changed, the weeds need to be controlled, the fence needs to be repaired, or the grazing animals need to be rotated to a new piece of pasture.
Home Know Your Enemy/Understand Your Enemy Part 2 (sponsored)
Submitted by admin on Tue, 05/10/2016 - 12:07pmAs lead prosecutor, Andrew McCarthy, continued to involve himself and his legal team in further and deeper knowledge of the enemy in order to successfully bring to trial and to win the U.S. government's case against Sheik Abdel Rahman, aka the Blind Sheik, for the World Trade Center bombing which killed and maimed hundreds of Americans in 1993 in New York City.
Sorting out the rumors about The Greenhouse Project
Submitted by admin on Fri, 05/06/2016 - 5:07pmRecently, an article was posted to Carson Now by University of Nevada Cooperative Extension promoting a spring plant sale fundraiser for The Greenhouse Project, located behind Carson High School.
Although the article itself seemed very non-controversial, the comments posted to it were anything but.
2016 Get on the Bus Carson River Watershed Tour
Submitted by Carson Now Reader on Fri, 05/06/2016 - 2:20pmJoin us in exploring the Carson River Watershed on a two-day bus tour. The Carson Water Subconservancy District is offering a bus tour of the Carson River Watershed from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on June 7 and 8, 2016. The Carson River Watershed “Get on the Bus” Tour will cover a variety of watershed topics and locations from the headwaters in Alpine County, CA to the terminus at the Carson Sink near Fallon, NV.
JoAnne Skelly: Weed season is here
Submitted by Brett Fisher on Sat, 04/30/2016 - 7:55amWe are reaping the rewards of a wet winter: Weeds!
While weeds are merely plants out of place, they taunt us with their persistence. They torment us and our pets with their burrs. They take over the lovely flowerbeds we work so hard to keep attractive. They compete with our veggies for water and nutrients. They overpower our desirable plants. They can harbor pest insects.
Later, after their growing season is over, their spent woody structures may blow up against fences or all over the yard creating a fire hazard.
Greenhouse Project in Carson City to host plant sale fundraiser at high school
Submitted by editor on Wed, 04/27/2016 - 12:23pmSeveral hundred plants spanning 60 varieties, including vegetables, squash, strawberries, melons, cucumbers, herbs, and perennial and annual flowers will be available May 7 at Carson City’s Greenhouse Project behind Carson High School.
Capital City Farm Days this Thursday and Friday at Fuji Park
Submitted by editor on Mon, 04/18/2016 - 1:15pmUniversity of Nevada Cooperative Extension’s 4-H presents Capital City Farm Days this Thursday and Friday at Fuji Park in Carson City,
Thirty presenters, including representatives from the Nevada Department of Agriculture, the Bureau of Land Management, the Nevada State Museum, and other local and state agriculture and natural resources organizations, will teach preschool and elementary-age youth about Nevada agriculture, where food and fiber come from, and environmental issues related to agriculture.
Capital City Farm Days 2016 returns to Fuji Park April 21-22
Submitted by Carson Now Reader on Fri, 04/15/2016 - 10:52amCapital City Farm Days returns to Fuji Park and Carson City Fairgrounds April 21 and 22. The event is free and open to youth pre K-5th grade.
Presenters explain where and how we get our food and clothing. Interactive stations engage older students about the challenges facing modern farmers and ranchers: how agriculture affects our environment and how our environment affects agriculture.
Business Spotlight: Flocchini family keeps with Carson City tradition
Submitted by Brett Fisher on Fri, 04/15/2016 - 7:19amWhen the Flocchini family, owners of Sierra Meat and Seafood Company in Reno, purchased The Sausage Factory last May from long-time owner Joe Tonino, they sought to build upon an already good product.
The only thing that changed at the time was the name. And, as it turns out, not much else has changed since.
Billboards warn Carson City of cancer risk due to processed foods
Submitted by editor on Tue, 03/15/2016 - 9:32amThe Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine — a nonprofit of 12,000 doctors — has placed two billboards warning Carson City residents that cancer-causing processed meats such as hot dogs don’t belong in school meals.