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Lyons, NE - The Center for Rural Affairs will host the third in its series of learning circles of women farmers and landowners in eastern Nebraska to provide sustainable farming and conservation...
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Lyons, Nebraska - On Wednesday, June 22nd, a coalition of environmental and energy advocates including the Center for Rural Affairs, League of Conservation Voters, Nebraska Wildlife Federation, League...
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WASHINGTON, DC, June 17, 2016 - The Storefront Theater located in Lyons, NE (population 851), a project of the Center for Rural Affairs has been selected and recognized as part of the Americans for...
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Lyons, NE - A FREE farm to school workshop for Nebraska’s school food service staff and fruit and vegetable farmers will be held on Monday, June 27, 2016 in Kearney, NE. Farmers will learn techniques...
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Dyersville, IA - The Center for Rural Affairs along with Iowa Interfaith Power and Light, Environmental Law & Policy Center, and Young Evangelicals for Climate Action will host a forum about the...
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Lyons, NE - The Center for Rural Affairs has partnered with the Nebraska Grazing Lands Coalition, Sandhills Task Force, and Audubon Nebraska for a summer grazing tour on June 14 in the Nebraska...
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Lyons, NE - The Center for Rural Affairs will host the second in it’s series of learning circles of women farmers and landowners in eastern Nebraska to provide sustainable farming and conservation...
- Farm and Food
Lyons, Nebraska -The Center for Rural Affairs is offering a free summer series of Latino Beginning Farmer and Rancher tours in Nebraska City, Martell, Grand Island, and Lincoln, Nebraska. The first...
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Lyons, NE - The Santee Sioux Nation Art Show and Community Market will launch Saturday, June 4 outside the Ohiya Casino and Resort on highway 12, just east of Niobrara, NE on the Santee Sioux...
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Lyons, NE - Today the Center for Rural Affairs released a report entitled "Respect and Restore: Reassessing Local Wind Energy Standards," that examines issues being overlooked in county and township...
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Lyons, NE - The U.S. Department of Agriculture recently announced that $44 million is available to farmers, ranchers, and food entrepreneurs to develop new product lines. Funding will be made...
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Lyons, NE - On June 2-4, 2016, more than 1,500 people will converge in Madison, Wis., for the 8th National Farm to Cafeteria Conference. The biennial event, hosted by the National Farm to School...
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Lyons, NE - The Center for Rural Affairs is hosting a series of learning circles of women farmers and landowners in eastern Nebraska to provide sustainable farming and conservation education and...
- Farm and Food
Dyersville, IA - The Center for Rural Affairs along with Iowa Interfaith Power and Light, Environmental Law & Policy Center, and Young Evangelicals for Climate Action will host a forum about the...
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Dyersville, Iowa - This week, Central Iowa Power Cooperative - the largest generation and transmission cooperative in Iowa - announced that it will work with six member cooperatives to install 5.5 MW...
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Lyons, NE - An introductory computer workshop will be offered in April by the Center for Rural Affairs in partnership with the Keene Memorial Library. The free workshop, Computer Basics, will be...
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Lyons, Nebraska - Today, the Center for Rural Affairs along with Mike Duffy, Professor Emeritus of Economics, Iowa State University, released a report that explores the impact subsidized crop...
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Lyons, Nebraska - Today, a bracket motion to LB 1032 - the Transitional Health Insurance Program Act - successfully doomed the legislation and any chance of closing Nebraska’s health coverage gap in...
Lyons, NE - The Center for Rural Affairs is partnering with University of Nebraska Extension to offer a FREE farm to school training in North Platte for school food service staff and fruit and...
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Lyons, NE - The Center for Rural Affairs has awarded Pat Coldiron of Seward, Nebraska, the Center for Rural Affairs Friend of the Year award. Coldiron, owner of Liberty House B&B, Antiques and Gifts...
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