Local Food and Nutrition Nebraska Food Coop Energy Use Issues Institutional Demand—Schools,...

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Energy Use Issues

Institutional Demand—Schools, Retirement Centers, etc.

Grass-based Livestock—Health & Nutrition

Nutrition and Impact on Health Care Costs

Alternative Farming & Sustainability

Organic Farming and Sustainability Issues

Grazing for Fertility and Weed Management—Mixed Species

Integrating Crops and Livestock— Biological Synergism

Farm Policy—Conservation Stewardship Program

Business Planning & Transfersfor Long-Term Sustainability

Aging Farmer Population

Land Link of Center for Rural Affairs

Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture Models

Business Planning—EDGE Classes

Market Place, in Kearney in 2010

Place-Based Learning in Schools—Gregg Christensen, Entrepreneurship Ed Specialist gregg.christensen@nebraska.gov

Local Planning and Zoning

Including People in Comprehensive Plan Equation

Hometown Competitiveness and Social Capital

Council of Advisors

Woodbury County, Iowa—Incentives for Organic Farming

Websitescfra.org — Market Place, Land Link, Renewable Energy, REAP

stockmangrassfarmer.com — Monthly grazing magazine

apppa.org — American Pasture Poultry Producers Association

moses.org — Midwest Organic & Sustainable Education Service

slowfoodusa.org — Local food and culture

nebraskafood.org — Nebraska Food Cooperative for local food distribution

ncta.unl.edu — Rural Farm and Business Transfers to next generation

eatwild.com — Listing of local producers and food products

nde.state.ne.us/entreped — Entrepreneurship education opportunities