Tag: zucchini in Reno

The Radish Hotel is a family owned and operated urban farm & apothecary homestead. We believe that everyone should have the opportunity to eat fresh food. We have taken it upon ourselves to provide whole foods, fresh fruits, vegetables and all natural products to our community. We believe in living local, shopping local, and supporting local. Our aim is to Read more...

We are a family-owned ranch that primarily grows alfalfa and wheat, and we also lease part of our ranch to Christopher Ranch to grow garlic among our other crops. Our family loves farming, and our father decided he wanted to grow pumpkins for the local kids and give them away for free. We live in rural Nevada and decided to Read more...

Reno Food Systems is a nonprofit organization working to cultivate community-based food systems through education, research and civic engagement. Our vision is to support a resilient, interconnected local food system that supports personal health, environmental sustainability and economic viability. We operate Park Farm, a five-acre urban farm in west Reno open to the public for produce and seedling sales, workshops, Read more...

Avanzino Farms, managed by Doug Avanzino, is the last generational family-owned farm in Reno city limits. Doug’s grandfather, Jack Avanzino, purchased the property in 1925 and grew greens, onions, potatoes and ran a dairy. Today, Doug grows a variety of vegetables along with hay and cattle, and his farm provides a beautiful farmscape in the midst of urban Reno. Read more...

The Desert Farming Initiative is a 5-acre demonstration fruit and veggie farm within the University of Nevada, Reno’s College of Agriculture, Biotechnology & Natural Resources.  DFI is located at the College’s Valley Road Experiment Station on the east edge of the main campus, and powered by students, AmeriCorps service members and faculty. Produce from the farm is distributed to food pantries, Fallon Food Hub, Read more...

Chris & Nita Taylor, owners of Pleasant Valley Farm, were born and raised in Northern Nevada and have a passion for raising vegetables the natural way as well as educating people on the why’s and how’s of buying local, chemical-free, non-genetically-altered food. The self-sustaining farm uses composting worms to make compost/fertilizer, using and recycling anything and everything they can. They pollinate with their Read more...

Diane Green began growing produce in 1974 for family use in Boulder City, Nevada. In 2007, she formed the business ‘Herbs by Diane’ to sell produce at local farmers markets. The business produces more than 40 different culinary herbs, edible flowers and microgreens, as well as seasonal vegetables. Herbs by Diane also produces a line of herbal vinegars, dried herbs, Read more...

Blue Lizard Farm is in Lincoln County, Nevada, 150 miles north and 2500 feet higher than Las Vegas. It’s a little cooler in the summer and a lot colder in the winter, and probably couldn’t be any more different than what usually springs to mind when people think of “Vegas”. The county is nearly the size of Vermont, but with Read more...