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Lyons, Nebraska - During the month of September, the Center for Rural Affairs will host a series of farm tours and community conversations discussing South Dakota’s climate and energy future and the...
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Lyons, NE - The Center for Rural Affairs will host the fourth in its series of learning circles of women farmers and landowners in eastern Nebraska to provide sustainable farming and conservation...
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Kansas’ Self-Inflicted Budget Wound Continues to Bleed Out, Providing a Cautionary Tale For Nebraska
LYONS, NE - Today, the Center for Rural Affairs released a report that examines the negative fiscal and economic impacts of state income tax cuts in Kansas in recent years, and the potential for...
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Lyons, NE - A FREE nutrition workshop will be held on Friday, August 5 in Santee, NE at the Santee Community Center . Kenny Tomek, nutritionist from the Hy-Vee in Yankton, will describe the healthy...
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Lyons, Nebraska - The Center for Rural Affairs is offering a six-week series of Latino Beginning Farmer and Rancher workshops in Schuyler, Nebraska. The sessions will be held every Tuesday from August...
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Lyons, NE - The Center for Rural Affairs recently announced that they are currently accepting applications for their School Greenhouse to Cafeteria facilitation program for the 2016 to 2017 school...
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Lyons, Nebraska - On Thursday, July 21, a coalition of environmental and energy advocates including the Center for Rural Affairs, will host a community discussion on practical, commonsense ideas that...
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Lyons, NE - The Center for Rural Affairs will host the third in its series of learning circles of women farmers and landowners in eastern Nebraska to provide sustainable farming and conservation...
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Lyons, Nebraska - On Saturday, July 30, Lyons will host the sixth leg of the 2016 Good Living Tour. In its second year, the Good Living Tour expands from 9 to 12 Greater Nebraska cities over three...
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Lyons, NE - The Center for Rural Affairs will host the third in its series of learning circles of women farmers and landowners in eastern Nebraska to provide sustainable farming and conservation...
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Lyons, Nebraska - On Wednesday, June 22nd , a coalition of environmental and energy advocates including the Center for Rural Affairs, League of Conservation Voters, Nebraska Wildlife Federation...
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WASHINGTON, DC, June 17, 2016 - The Storefront Theater located in Lyons, NE (population 851), a project of the Center for Rural Affairs has been selected and recognized as part of the Americans for...
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Lyons, NE - A FREE farm to school workshop for Nebraska’s school food service staff and fruit and vegetable farmers will be held on Monday, June 27, 2016 in Kearney, NE. Farmers will learn techniques...
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Dyersville, IA - The Center for Rural Affairs along with Iowa Interfaith Power and Light, Environmental Law & Policy Center, and Young Evangelicals for Climate Action will host a forum about the...
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Lyons, NE - The Center for Rural Affairs has partnered with the Nebraska Grazing Lands Coalition, Sandhills Task Force, and Audubon Nebraska for a summer grazing tour on June 14 in the Nebraska...
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Lyons, NE - The Center for Rural Affairs will host the second in it’s series of learning circles of women farmers and landowners in eastern Nebraska to provide sustainable farming and conservation...
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Lyons, Nebraska - The Center for Rural Affairs is offering a free summer series of Latino Beginning Farmer and Rancher tours in Nebraska City, Martell, Grand Island, and Lincoln, Nebraska. The first...
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Lyons, NE - The Santee Sioux Nation Art Show and Community Market will launch Saturday, June 4 outside the Ohiya Casino and Resort on highway 12, just east of Niobrara, NE on the Santee Sioux...
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Lyons, NE - Today the Center for Rural Affairs released a report entitled "Respect and Restore: Reassessing Local Wind Energy Standards," that examines issues being overlooked in county and township...
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Lyons, NE - The U.S. Department of Agriculture recently announced that $44 million is available to farmers, ranchers, and food entrepreneurs to develop new product lines. Funding will be made...
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