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Ag in the Classroom
Listed under: Education Agriculture, Food & Gardening
Gardening in the Tahoe Sierra can be a challenge. While some people have green thumbs, others struggle to grow vegetables battling bugs, animals and weather conditions. I’ve personally battled chipmunks stealing tomatoes from my containers, ground squirrels eating the flowers …
Wine and wildflowers make a great spring pairing only a short drive from the shores of Lake Tahoe. Heading to Sierra Foothill wine country has long been a favorite spring outing for my friends and I that was put on …
Californians have the perfect opportunity to remember César Chávez by making March 31 a day of service.
Greg Baiocchi’s first passion in life was music. As musicians do, he opened himself up to many styles and rhythms as he matured. His second passion is wine. Wine also has an appeal to his creative side, since making good …
An auspicious observation would strike Larry Aderman every time he vacationed in California wine country, visiting its tasting rooms: “The people on the other side of the counter looked very happy doing their jobs.” Raised in the Finger Lakes wine …
“You can’t get bored in this business,” is the way Ann Kraemer explains the appeal of her role as the vineyard manager and public face of the family-owned Yorba Wines. Each vine on the 46 acres of grapes she nurtures …
California’s cannabis business is blossoming, but industry experts tell the Sacramento Bee that the state is leaving money on the table.
What do resource conservation districts protect? Pretty much everything that’s worth saving.
Cumbersome state bureaucracy and competition from their illegal counterparts has made life perilous for California’s nascent legal cannabis businesses.
Growing vegetables in Tahoe can be difficult. Every spring, I prepare seedlings and when they are ready, I plant them in the garden. This year, I planted squash and tomato plants only to wake up and find them gnawed to …
Californians Against Waste was one of the main advocates behind SB 1383, which requires California to divert 75 percent of its organic waste from landfills. California Local talked to CAW’s Nick Lapis to learn more about what it does and …
In 2022, California trash haulers will begin turning millions of tons of methane-emitting organic waste into a new cash crop: compost.
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