Nebraska Grows

In this episode, Sarah Smith, Farm-to-School Specialist with the Nebraska Department of Education, and Benjamin Jewell, Rural Prosperity Nebraska Extension Educator, join host, Carol Waters, to discuss how producers can work with their local schools to provide healthy fruits and vegetables to school-aged children through the Farm-to-School program.
To learn more about Nebraska Farm-to-School Program check out the following link: https://www.education.ne.gov/ns/farm-to-school/

You can learn more about Nebraska Extension at http://extension.unl.edu
For Nebraska Extension Horticulture, Landscape, and Environmental Systems information go to https://communityenvironment.unl.edu/
To provide comments or ideas for upcoming podcasts, please email Carol Waters at [email protected]

In this episode, John Porter, Urban Agriculture Extension Educator and Program Leader for Horticulture, Landscape, and Environmental Systems, joins host, Carol Waters, to discuss what policies producers need to be aware of and how to effectively advocate for policies in their own communities.
To learn more, check out the following links:

• For more information on the Food Safety Modernization Act: https://fsma.unl.edu/
• For more information on Good Agricultural Practices (GAP): https://www.ams.usda.gov/services/auditing/gap-ghp
• NebGuide on GAP: https://extensionpubs.unl.edu/publication/9000016367374/good-agricultural-practices-for-food-safety-of-fresh-produce/

You can learn more about Nebraska Extension at http://extension.unl.edu
For Nebraska Extension Horticulture, Landscape, and Environmental Systems information go to https://communityenvironment.unl.edu/
To provide comments or ideas for upcoming podcasts, please email Carol Waters at [email protected]

Cindy Brison, Extension Educator in Douglas-Sarpy County, joins Carol to discuss Cottage Food Laws in Nebraska.
For more information regarding Cottage Food Laws for producers please follow the links below:
Nebraska Extension's Cottage Food Laws Education site at https://foodsystems.unl.edu/cottage-food-law and
Nebraska Department of Agriculture Pure Food Act at https://nda.nebraska.gov/fscp/foods/cottagefood.html

You can learn more about Nebraska Extension at http://extension.unl.edu
For Nebraska Extension Horticulture, Landscape, and Environmental Systems information go to https://communityenvironment.unl.edu/
To provide comments or ideas for upcoming podcasts, please email Carol Waters at [email protected]

This week's guest, David Lott, discusses some considerations for scaling up from a hobby gardener to growing for markets.
For more information on growing for farmers' markets, check out the publication "Getting Started--A vendor's guide to successful sales at farmers' markets" at https://food.unl.edu/documents/FM%20English.pdf.

You can learn more about Nebraska Extension at http://extension.unl.edu
For Nebraska Extension Horticulture, Landscape, and Environmental Systems information go to https://communityenvironment.unl.edu/
To provide comments or ideas for upcoming podcasts, please email Carol Waters at [email protected]

Welcome to Nebraska Grows, a podcast for commercial fruit & vegetable producers to learn the latest researched-based information from Nebraska Extension.
You can learn more about Nebraska Extension at http://extension.unl.edu
For Nebraska Extension Horticulture, Landscape, and Environmental Systems information go to https://communityenvironment.unl.edu/

You can learn more about Nebraska Extension at http://extension.unl.edu
For Nebraska Extension Horticulture, Landscape, and Environmental Systems information go to https://communityenvironment.unl.edu/
To provide comments or ideas for upcoming podcasts, please email Carol Waters at [email protected]