By Sarah Smith, former staff member
Farm Name: Hintz Produce
Address: Hebron, Nebraska
Farm Type: Diversified, row crops, cow/calf and seedstock production, produce in high tunnel production and conventional outdoors.(i.e. produce, beef, orchard)
Acreage + any high tunnel, low tunnel, green houses or other season extension used: High tunnel production of tomatoes, cucumbers and peppers.
Who works on your farm? Myself, my son, daughter and wife as well as some part time hired help.
Schools you are selling to: Thayer Central
Items/Foods regularly sold to schools: Tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, cantaloupe, watermelon and occasionally sweet corn
Activities at the school you’ve participated in or had the school out to your farm to participate in:Titan Beef Farm to School Kickoff and child education.
Share your biggest Farm to School success: When you see a child outside of school with their parent and the child says to the parent, “That’s Mark, he brings tomatoes and watermelons that are really good for lunch to the school.”
Share your biggest Farm to School challenge: Being able to supply produce to surrounding schools in a manner that is feasible in terms of transportation.
Share your best tip or advice for fresh food procurement, processing and/or storage: Pick it fresh and get it in refrigerated storage quickly.
Where does your farm tell its story? In the school newsletter.
Other information you’d like to share about your farm or experience or a fun story from working with a school: We take great pride in growing and sorting out only the best quality to provide the school or sell to the public. We try to not have much waste. What isn’t used right away is processed through canning or donated to a food bank.
