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Young children raise their hands in a lunchroom.

Child care options lacking in rural Nebraska, poll suggests

November 9, 2023

Agriculture & Environment

Timothy Thielen breaks up a compost pile with a hoe as part of the Indigenous Youth Food Sovereignty Program.

Food Sovereignty Program combines science, Indigenous cultural practices

November 7, 2023

A wildflower grows amid the grass at the Spring Creek Prairie Audubon Center southwest of Lincoln.

Husker team partnering with communities to enhance biodiversity education

November 1, 2023

Science & Technology

Saima Hasnin, assistant professor, Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition at the University of Illinois — and a recent University of Nebraska graduate — explored family child care home providers’ preparation and serving of vegetables to better und

Study finds variety, cost can be barriers to children’s vegetable consumption

October 25, 2023

Society & Culture

Cattle stand in a field of harvested corn stalks.

Nebraska Extension launching Great Plains Heifer Development Program

October 19, 2023

Agriculture & Environment

Close-up of the dome of the U.S. Capitol

Poll: Rural Nebraskans see lack of civility in politics as serious problem

October 16, 2023

Agriculture & Environment

Shoppers look through T-shirts at a sidewalk sale in downtown McCook.

Poll: Rural Nebraskans are increasingly pessimistic about present, future

September 18, 2023

Agriculture & Environment

Jansen discusses farmland valuations with RFD-TV

September 18, 2023

Agriculture & Environment

Adeline Johnson stands in front of crafts made by students at Our Place After School Care and sold at the Freedom Factory.

Hastings after-school program pioneering care for teens with special needs

September 8, 2023

Society & Culture

Alisa Halpin (left) floats a least tern egg in a cup of water to determine the age of the nest; the buoyancy of the egg shows how many days old the eggs are. Her daughter, Summer Larkihn, marks the number of the nest on a rock for future reference as part of the Tern and Plover Conservation Partnership.

Mother-daughter pair pursues conservation of Nebraska’s terns, plovers

August 8, 2023

Agriculture & Environment

Science & Technology

Amparito’s Market. 648 N. 27th in Lincoln, opened in May, following extensive assistance from Rural Prosperity Nebraska’s Latino Small Business Program.

Rural Prosperity Nebraska program helps market become reality

July 18, 2023

Agriculture & Environment

Flowers in front of Love Library

Public invited to 'Backyard Farmer' filming

July 18, 2023