By Sarah Smith, former staff member
Farm Name: Pekarek’s Produce
Address: 2447 Road O Dwight, NE 68635
Farm Type: (i.e. produce, beef, orchard) Vegetable Production. Pekarek’s Produce raises over 50 varieties of crops on approximately 13 acres. The harvest season begins in April or early May with radishes, green onions, lettuce, and spinach. During the summer, the main crops are cole crops; several types of peas, bulb onions, carrots, green and wax beans, zucchini, summer squash, beets, potatoes and cucumbers. By the fall, the main crops harvested are tomatoes, muskmelons, watermelons, sweet corn, winter squash, gourds and pumpkins.
Acreage + any high tunnel, low tunnel, green houses or other season extension used:
13 acres, High Tunnel use
Who works on your farm? Farm crew and family
Schools you are selling to: East Butler, Lincoln Public Schools, Omaha Public Schools
Have sold to St. Mary’s, David City Schools in the past, but there was an administrative or staff change.
Items/Foods regularly sold to schools:
Broccoli
Cauliflower
Zucchini
Yellow squash
Cantaloupe
Tomatoes
Radishes
Turnips
Lettuce
Watermelon
Share your biggest Farm to School success: Being able to provide produce for the 2 largest school districts in Nebraska, Lincoln Public Schools and Omaha Public Schools
Share your biggest Farm to School challenge: Being able to provide schools with the vegetables that kids really want to eat
Share your best tip or advice for fresh food procurement, processing and/or storage:
I suggest working together with the schools to meet budget concerns.
Where does your farm tell its story? On our Pekarek's Produce website and on Facebook- Pekarek's Produce Facebook Page
