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Photo by Stacy Muehling | Nebraska Grocery Industry Association

Grocery Industry Summit to address retail technology, competition

August 5, 2024

Sandra Barrera, Rural Prosperity Nebraska Extension educator, welcomes attendees to the 2022 Latino Small Business Conference in Omaha.

Conference fosters entrepreneurship among Latino community

July 31, 2024

Graphic for Lead & Succeed: Session 1

Lead & Succeed Lunchbox Series: Session 1

July 30, 2024

A woman participates in a table discussion during the Leadership Chautauqua event held in December in Kearney, Neb.” Photo by Russell Shaffer

Lead & Succeed webinar series continues leadership development discussion

June 20, 2024

Vendors selling their produce at the Fallbrook Farmers Market in northwest Lincoln, Neb. July 23, 2020.

MarketReady webinars help farmers expand market reach

June 14, 2024

Maddie Vanderbur works on the mural in Beatrice that she designed as part of a street art class at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln.

Extension, students and community create mural in downtown Beatrice

June 12, 2024

Timothy Thielen (left) talks with a member of the Turtle Island Indigenous Youth Growers. Part of the Turtle Island Trade Coalition, the Youth Growers group plants, tends, harvests and sells its produce from a garden on the University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s East Campus.

Website creates online market for Indigenous entrepreneurs

June 12, 2024

The owner of the Sandhills Art and Metal Gallery in Valentine serves ice cream to two boys. Rural Prosperity Nebraska’s Red Carpet Service program teaches participants how to help visitors and showcase their community’s best qualities.

Red Carpet Service program focuses on community awareness, tourist attraction

June 6, 2024

Rural Prosperity Nebraska welcomes newest Extension educator

May 7, 2024

The intersection of Central Avenue and West 22nd Street in downtown Kearney. The city recently participated in a First Impressions experience with Hays, Kansas.

Kearney, Hays gain insights through First Impressions program

May 6, 2024

A woman participates in a table discussion during the Leadership Chautauqua event held in December in Kearney, Neb.” Photo by Russell Shaffer

Rural Prosperity Nebraska propels rural leadership development forward with statewide virtual conferences

April 12, 2024

Niobrara River west of Valentine, NE. July 12, 2019. Photo by Craig Chandler

Rural Prosperity Nebraska opens discussion about climate resiliency

April 8, 2024