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Backyard Urban Gardens Bring Garden Bounty Right to your Doorstep
It’s the conundrum of the current agricultural era. As more traditional farmland is converted to residential and commercial development, and less arable land is affordable for farmers of any age,…
Farms vs. Suburbia: Does Population Growth Mean the End of Family Farms?
The Wasatch Front has been growing out rather than up for years. Sprawl is now threatening Utah’s most successful family farms. Over eighty percent of Utah residents say they want…
The Road Less Traveled: Utah Stories
Next month is a big anniversary. It will be ten years in May since I decided to ditch my lucrative graphic design work, coding work, videography gigs and assorted stints…
2018 Wasatch Mountain Film Festival
Returning to northern Utah for its fourth year, Wasatch Mountain Film Festival (WMFF), presented by Wasatch Mountain Arts, features a record number of films from around the globe and a…
HAM Radio is Not Over and Out
If an emergency in Salt Lake knocked out the usual means of communication, what would happen? Fortunately, Sid Gilligan and other amateur radio operators would be on the job. Sid…
Sugar House Fireworks: Independence Day Tradition Coming to an End?
The Sugar House 4th of July fireworks show has been a tradition in our community for decades. Each year it is estimated that the show draws 20,000-30,000 people or more…
Combining Economic and Environmental Sustainability
Currently, the biggest issue Moab faces is a crisis-level shortage of housing that is affordable to the people whose work powers the local economic engine. The unprecedented level of visitation…
Food Not Bombs: More Than an Event, It’s a Lifestyle
Active in over 1,000 cities in 65 countries, Food Not Bombs is now a worldwide organization of volunteers that primarily recovers food that cannot be sold, prepares vegan meals to…
The First-Ever Old Capitol Storytelling Festival
More than 30 seasoned storytellers will join forces with professional musicians, dancers and other collaborators to host the first-ever Old Capitol Storytelling Festival in the Central Utah communities of Fillmore,…
Helper, Utah: a Diverse and Artistic Community
Helper has already firmly established itself as a diverse and artistic community. Helper has been host to the long-running, Helper Arts, Music, and Film Festival which showcases the vibrancy of…
Utah’s First Barrel-Aged and Sour Beer Brewery: Toasted Barrel Brewery
Something new is brewing in Salt Lake City’s Marmalade District. Toasted Barrel Brewery is transforming a former brine shrimp processing plant and abandoned dance club into Utah’s first barrel-aged and…
Turning Passion into a Business: Interview with Jennifer Carleton from Mountain West Cider
Jennifer Carleton, the owner of Mountain West Cider, says she and her husband Jeff, “have never been a big beer drinkers and generally gravitate to wines and mixed drinks.” But…
5 Questions Answered by 6 Utah Breweries
We asked 6 of Utah Breweries these questions : How many barrels are you brewing annually? What is your flagship/or top selling beer? What is the most unique beer you…
Utah Sips: Events for Beer (and Bird) Lovers and Wine Aficionados
If you’re a beer and bird lover – and who isn’t? – I’ve got the perfect event for you. On Thursday, March 1st, from 6 to 10 PM, Tracy Aviary…
The Dish: Pretty Bird Eatery, Harmons Holladay Market , and screening of Soul Food Junkies
Viet Pham’s much-anticipated and long-awaited Pretty Bird eatery is finally real. It opened just this week at 146 Regent Street in the Eccles Theater building. This seems like quite a…
Explore Utah in September
Go to the fair, plant a flower, take a run, blaze a trail, or see a play. It’s all here in Utah in September.