Reedley College

Nov 2023 11

Reedley College Agriculture Business Students Thrive in Olive Oil Enterprise

2023 Articles, Education, Food Fun, Jim Mulligan, Reedley News

by Jim Mulligan

Nestled in the picturesque landscapes of the eastern Central Valley of California, Reedley College is home to a unique and thriving agricultural endeavor that is allowing students to gain hands-on experience in the world of business and marketing. Agriculture Business students at the college are taking the olives grown on campus and turning them into bottled, marketable olive oil, offering a taste of entrepreneurship and marketing prowess.

Nov 2023 1

Q & S With Local Author David Borofka & Upcoming Event

2023 Articles, Books & Tales, Lorie Lewis Ham, Reedley News

by Lorie Lewis Ham

This week we have an interview with local author and former Reedley College Instructor David Borofka and information on his upcoming book event at Book Barn in Clovis.

Jul 2023 29

Spirit in Print in Reedley

2023 Articles, Community, Jim Mulligan, Reedley News

by Jim Mulligan

Local woman, KateLyn Peters, is the owner of one of Reedley’s newest businesses. Peters is a Reedleyite, Reedley High School grad, Reedley College grad, and Fresno State grad, who jumped at the opportunity to provide printing services based here in Reedley. While she didn’t exactly set her sights on owning a printing business, let alone a printing business in Reedley, way back in college when she was a business student at Reedley College, she did latch onto opportunities that eventually positioned her to acquire and relocate a thriving business to her hometown.

Jul 2023 15

Butter Me Up Bakery: Another Delicious Discovery at Reedley Farmers Market

2023 Articles, Food Fun, Lorie Lewis Ham, Reedley News

by Lorie Lewis Ham

Earlier this summer KRL made several trips to the Reedley Farmers Market taking place at Reedley College and made several delicious discoveries—from food trucks covered in our Great Food Search column, to great local coffee and bakeries! My personal favorite finds were Graceful Bakes, Zolú Café, and Butter Me Up Bakery! This week we are interviewing the owner of Butter Me Up, Leslie Valadez from Dinuba, California.

Jun 2023 3

Graceful Bakes: Bringing Delicious Baked Sweets to Reedley

2023 Articles, Food Fun, Lorie Lewis Ham, Reedley News

by Lorie Lewis Ham

Earlier this year KRL wrote about a young woman named Natalie Cruz from Reedley who started her own coffee company, Zolú Café. When I attended the Reedley Farmers Market at Reedley College a few weeks ago to meet Natalie in person and finally try her coffee for myself (which is awesome by the way), I also met another young Reedley woman who had started her own business—Grace Fedor.

May 2023 6

Farmers Market at Reedley College

2023 Articles, Education, Food Fun, Jim Mulligan, Reedley News

by Jim Mulligan

After a successful fall run, our hometown Reedley College is going for round two hosting a farmers market every Thursday evening for the next few weeks as we head into summer. The market brings together local farmers, food vendors, and artisans providing a unique opportunity for the community to support small businesses and purchase fresh, locally grown produce and homemade goods.

Feb 2023 11

Zolú Café: More Than a New Coffee Company

2023 Articles, Education, Food Fun, Jim Mulligan, Reedley News

by Jim Mulligan

While it is likely that you drink coffee in some form or another, either daily or occasionally, with or without additives, do you know how it came to be such a popular drink around the world? Many Americans might harken back to the memorable coffee promotions of Juan Valdez and his donkey tending coffee plantations in the hills of Columbia, but coffee is not indigenous to the equatorial Americas.

Jan 2023 14

Reedley College Community Band

2023 Articles, Education, Lorie Lewis Ham, Music, Reedley News

by Lorie Lewis Ham

Reedley College has a great music program and they also have a community band. Recently, we chatted with Christine Keenan who is the Director of Instrumental Music at Reedley College and the conductor of the Reedley College Community Band, and the Reedley College Community Orchestra, to learn more.

Nov 2022 12

Reedley College Instructor Spotlight: David Hicks, Ceramic Artist

2022 Articles, Arts & Entertainment, Education, Jim Mulligan, Reedley News

by Jim Mulligan

While his full-time job may be passing along the basics of his artistic and practical craft to students of all ages at Reedley College, David Hicks relishes in taking the bits and pieces of organic inspiration found in the Central Valley and creating both monolithic pieces and conglomerations of smaller parts with his medium of choice, inorganic clay.

Sep 2022 10

Instructor Adam Hernandez and RC’s Wildland Fire Program

2022 Articles, Education, Jim Mulligan, Reedley News

by Jim Mulligan

Wildfires are not a new phenomenon. For millennia, fires have been an integral part of a healthy ecosystem, though a problem has arisen in the last couple hundred years. People and the structures we build have become abundant, that in turn, has given rise to aggressive fire suppression efforts to keep people and buildings safe.