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Sign for the Valley Foods Cooperative grocery store in Lynch, Neb. Photo by Russell Shaffer

2024 cooperative business development mini-grant program request for applications

February 9, 2024

The newly remodeled Hey Honey Boutique boasts original brickwork and tin ceiling tiles.

Rural Prosperity Nebraska helps Ord business expand

February 6, 2024

Benson Bounty presents ‘Planting a Profitable Pollinator Habitat with Native Nebraska Plants,’ a SARE-funded project that explored the profitability of growing native perennial plants and marketing them through a variety of channels. Photo by Sydney Sehi

Registration is open for the annual Local Food & Healthy Farms conference

January 3, 2024

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Agriculture and community wellbeing: A review of three research studies

December 15, 2023

Two-thirds of rural Nebraskans surveyed are either very unfamiliar (43%) or somewhat unfamiliar (23%) with federal ag policy. Twenty-seven percent are somewhat familiar, and only 7% report being very familiar.

Poll: Most rural Nebraskans unfamiliar with farm bill but support programs

December 7, 2023

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Long-term planning

December 6, 2023

Gary Fehr washes a watermelon at his farm, Green School Farms, in Raymond, Neb. Photo by Russell Shaffer

Agriculture and community well-being: A review of three research studies

December 5, 2023

Quick becomes newest team member of Rural Prosperity Nebraska

November 16, 2023

Community conversations with Jordan Rasmussen

November 15, 2023

Sixty-one percent of respondents to the 2023 Nebraska Rural Poll agree that there is a shortage of affordable child care options in their community, while just 6% disagree. Fifty-nine percent also agree their community needs more before- and after-school options. Photo by Craig Chandler

Child care options lacking in rural Nebraska, poll suggests

November 9, 2023

Lindsay Hastings leads a discussion on leadership development at Rural Prosperity Nebraska’s leadership Chautauqua in Kearney, Neb.

Local leaders gather for transformative leadership Chautauqua event

November 9, 2023

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Cooperatives: A childcare solution

November 7, 2023