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NET News: Startups try cutting food waste with garbage-munching bugs
Americans waste a staggering amount of food. Instead of letting it rot and wreck the environment, some entrepreneurs want to put it to work feeding insects, and see the potential to revolutionize how we feed some livestock that provide us our meat.
NET News: A Look Into Nebraska's Deep Fossil History
Twenty years ago, a farmer in western Nebraska came upon the bones of a prehistoric elephant in his gravel pit. Learn how that discovery fits in to Nebraska’s rich paleontological history.
NET News: Green Bean Casserole is a Midwestern holiday staple
Green Bean Casserole, an iconic Thanksgiving dish, turns 60 years old this year and it’s as popular as ever.
NET News: A business fighting trafficking in India
A business fighting trafficking in India, and its connection to Creighton University
NET News: Rural states working to recruit law school grads back to the cou
If you’re looking for some good legal advice, you may have to look a little harder if you live in the country. Attorneys are getting harder to come by in rural areas, but Nebraska is trying to recruit more lawyers back to small towns.
NET News: Farmers rely on expert advice in down economy
Midwest farmers are facing extremely low prices for their most important products: corn and soybeans. That has some looking for alternate ways to squeeze profit out of their operations. And when farmers need advice, they’re likely to turn to an agronomist
NET News: Early Childhood two-way
As early childhood care costs and demand are on the rise, a new report shows how Nebraskans are responding to issues such as low worker wages and access to care. NET News talks with Susan Sarver, who is the institute director of Workforce Planning and Dev
NET News: Nebraska's Volunteer Conservation Force
For the last six years, conservation work in Nebraska has received help from a growing force of motivated volunteers from the Nebraska Master Naturalist Program.
NET News: These veterans are finding peace on the farm
Many veterans making the tough transition home find a new sense of purpose in the field, tending to vegetables or livestock. They’re aided by groups like the Farmer Veteran Coalition, and a few government programs created in the last Farm Bill targeted at