Tag: slow food lake tahoe
Composting in Our Mountain Hamlet
Did you know: North Tahoe and Truckee are exempt from California requirements to provide organic waste (composting) collection services? Even still, there are local options for composting, benefitting the environment.
Labor of Love
Slow Food Lake Tahoe is gearing up for growing season with its Community and Food Bank gardens.
Assessing Broadband Needs; Public Access Projects Around Tahoe; Appeals Denied for...
A Nevada County survey is assessing broadband needs among its residents; money to fund a slew of projects around the Tahoe Basin; next steps for the Biltmore, now Resort at Tahoe, property continue
Simple Green
A new law requires California residents to separate food scraps from the rest of their household waste. Slow Food Lake Tahoe and Keep Truckee Green have public collection bins waiting for you.
Waste Not, Want Not.
Web: When it comes to composting, not all food waste is considered equal. Know what you can and cannot put in the community compost bins in Truckee.
Our Local Food Movement Lives On
Tahoe Food Hub’s Susie Sutphin reacts to the October My Shot that declares Tahoe’s local food movement dead, and explains the movement that allowed her organization to flourish.
Slow Food Lake Tahoe Begs To Differ
Andrea Schaffer, president of Slow Food Lake Tahoe, agrees with much of Gary Romano’s perspective in his October My Shot on the disappearance of the local food movement in the Tahoe area, but she cites many positive examples that show that it’s not all bad news.