Welcome to NSAS
Our mission: To promote agriculture & food systems that build healthy land, people, communities & quality of life, for present & future generations.
Our vision & work: We recognize the essential relationship between healthy local agriculture & a strong local food system; a relationship that benefits from food grown & processed locally. This adds quality & security, as well as social & ecological responsibility & benefits to the our communities. It is this understanding that motivates NSAS's work to strengthen & enhance these systems together. Our work spans across Nebraska.
We are non-profit organization, proud of our diverse membership which includes farmers & ranchers, rural & urban consumers, market gardeners, educators, families & restaurateurs. We welcome anyone who is concerned about family farming, environmental quality & good, healthy food!
NSAS Annual Healthy Farms/Rural Advantage Conference
Thanks to all for attending our annual conference! It was a great success!
Our annual auction fundraisers were also successful, thanks to the generosity of our donors & bidders...we raised $5800 this year.
Special thanks goes to Kobza Auction Services & the Kobza family for making the live auction fundraiser such great fun.
The Latest NSAS News You Can Use:
May 2008 Newsletter Issue Available! Enjoy all of our bimonthly NSAS Newsletters, as well as the Current newsletter issue on-line! (In Adobe pdf format.)
Buy Fresh, Buy Local Nebraska Initiative -- Nebraska's first and only! Buy Fresh, Buy Local helps customers find farm-fresh Nebraska raised products at www.buylocalnebraska.org
Make plans to attend the annual Healthy Farms Conference.
NEW! Join, renew or donate on-line using PayPal!
Consumer & sustainable food system resources
Farm tours, field days & events
Current Projects:
Buy Fresh, Buy Local Nebraska: Buy Fresh, Buy Local Nebraska features a beautiful directory focusing on farmers and farm raised goods, as well as restaurants, institutions and groceries that purchase and purvey Nebraska raised goods. Any and all meeting the criteria can become members. The outreach and marketing focus area is in the counties of the Great Plains RC & D region (includes York, Polk, Butler, Saunders, Douglas, Sarpy, Cass, Lancaster, and Seward counties). Membership is state-wide. The Nebraska chapter is a collaboration between NSAS, Nebraska Cooperative Development Center and the Great Plains RC & D. Don't miss out! 2008 Membership forms are available now! For more information, visit www.buylocalnebraska.org or contact coordinator Billene Nemec at 402.472.5273.
Farm Beginnings Nebraska: a joint project of UNL Extension, NSAS, Center for Rural Affairs & Nebraska RC & D's. This exciting program is modeled after other projects in the Midwest, and combines class time and mentoring for beginning farmers (or not-yet-beginning farmers!) in a format that works towards the practical decisions of what, why, and whether or not in the decision to farm, what to farm and all that entails. Next class will begin Fall 2008. Contact NSAS coordinator for more information.
NSAS video available for purchase! Elisabeth Reinkordt created Living with the Land: Sustainable Agriculture in Nebraska, for NSAS. Running time is 25 minutes & features farmers, restaurant owners/chefs, CSA members, children, academics & sages. Better than a home movie! 
Copies available for $15 each (plus $2.50 each for tax, postage & handling). Contact coordinator@nebsusag.org to purchase. Generous support for production of Living with the Land from the Renewing Earth and It's People Foundation: www.REAPfund.org
How to Reach Us
Interim Coordinator
PO Box 84764
Lincoln NE 68501-4764
coordinator@nebsusag.org
Jill Wubben, Bookkeeper & Membership
PO Box 736
Hartington, NE 68739
402.254.2289
jwubben@nebsusag.org