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Every day, rural communities benefit from wind energy. Wind development provides new income for landowners, new tax revenue to fund schools and services, and creates local career and job opportunities. County officials are responsible for enacting siting or zoning standards that help ensure wind...

Every day, rural communities benefit from wind energy. Wind development provides new income for landowners, new tax revenue to fund schools and services, and creates local career and job opportunities. County officials are responsible for enacting siting or zoning standards that help ensure wind...

Every day, rural communities benefit from wind energy. Wind development provides new income for landowners, new tax revenue to fund schools and services, and creates local career and job opportunities. County officials are responsible for enacting siting or zoning standards that help ensure wind...

The United States’ electric transmission network was originally designed to connect large, fossil fuel-powered plants to population centers with high demand. The way we generate electricity has changed significantly, and the existing electric grid often fails to meet the needs of new generation. As...

The nature of electricity in the U.S. has undergone significant change. A growing renewable energy industry has created competition for traditional fossil fuel generating resources in the marketplace. American consumers—both residential and commercial—have also voiced demand for cleaner electricity...

The U.S. Census Bureau’s 2017 American Community Survey estimates about 141,000 Nebraskans are without health insurance, and about 97,000 of them are employed. This map includes American Community Survey’s five-year estimate of the number of Nebraskans falling into the coverage gap, as well as...

The U.S. Census Bureau’s 2017 American Community Survey estimates about 141,000 Nebraskans are without health insurance, and about 97,000 of them are employed. This map includes American Community Survey’s five-year estimate of the number of Nebraskans falling into the coverage gap, as well as...

¿Cuándo se pueden incluir alimentos locales en los menús escolares? El Centro de Asuntos Rurales se asoció con el Departamento de Educación de Nebraska - Servicios de Nutrición, la Comisión de Frijoles Secos de Nebraska, Midwest Dairy y el Consejo de Carne de Res de Nebraska para crear el programa anual "De la Granja a la Escuela", "Jueves de Nebraska". Este programa...

In this edition, you will read about Joan Burhmann, a 93-year-old working to make sure the next generation has a fair chance at rural life.

Ryan Pekarek, de Pekarek's Produce, cerca de Dwight, Nebraska, vende verduras a las escuelas de la zona. ¿A quién vendemos? “Vendemos a Lone Tree Foods, un distribuidor local, y a varias escuelas. También vendemos nuestros productos en los mercados de agricultores de Seward y Lincoln Haymarket”. Forma ideal de vender a las escuelas: “Me encantaría...

Benjamin Hintz y Mark Hintz, de Hintz Produce, cerca de Hebron, Nebraska, venden verduras a las escuelas de la zona. Importancia de los mercados diversificados: “Es importante diversificar. Si solo eligiéramos un [mercado] y no funcionara, se desperdiciaría mucha comida. Con un solo consumidor directo, nosotros...

¿Qué es el seguro de ingresos ganaderos? El seguro de ingresos ganaderos incluye productos de seguros que protegen al productor contra una disminución de los ingresos reflejada en el mercado. Tipos de seguro de ingresos ganaderos: La Agencia de Gestión de Riesgos cuenta actualmente con dos productos de seguro de ingresos que ayudan a los ganaderos...

Gary Fehr, de Green School Farms, cerca de Lincoln, Nebraska, vende verduras a las escuelas de la zona. Mercados a los que vendo: “Cultivo verduras para el mercado y las vendo principalmente a través de la Agricultura Sostenida por la Comunidad (CSA), directamente a las escuelas, en mercados de agricultores, mediante cultivo por contrato y distribución mayorista”. Lo mejor...

Mark Roh, de Abie Vegetable People y copropietario de Lone Tree Foods, provee verduras frescas a las escuelas locales. Abie Vegetable People está ubicada cerca de Abie, Nebraska. Lo que más le gusta de vender a las escuelas es “El volumen de alimentos que suministramos y saber que podemos brindarles mejores alimentos a los niños...

What is community inclusion? Community inclusion is about bringing people together, learning from each other, and enriching our communities through our collective differences. We accomplish this by identifying and creating opportunities to bring more awareness and engagement across cultural divides...

Stephanie O'Keefe's farm is located outside Blair, Nebraska. Family farming Stephanie’s son-in-law serves as the land operator. They work together to implement conservation practices that are important to both of them. Willingness to share experience Because of Stephanie’s conservation practices and...

Marilee and Katie Polacek's farm is located outside Bruno, Nebraska. Land with a legacy Marilee and her daughter, Katie, have farmland that has been in the Polacek family for 120 years. Since Marilee’s husband, Louie, passed away 14 years ago, Marilee and her three children have mostly rented out...

The Joan Buhrmann and family farm is located outside Sprague, Nebraska. A strong family history After seeing an advertisement while living in Europe, the Buhrmanns knew they wanted to purchase land right away. The family initially traveled to the U.S. for the Homestead Act, and found their way to...

Renewables have been the fastest growing energy source since 2017 when costs reached a key milestone. Costs dropped enough to make wind and solar the cheapest form of conventional energy. Rural communities often carry this infrastructure. This fact sheet looks at the environmental impacts of wind...

Renewables have been the fastest growing conventional energy source since 2017 when wind and solar energy became cheaper than coal and natural gas. Rural communities often carry the infrastructure for this new clean energy economy. This fact sheet looks at the environmental impacts of transmission...