‘Better soil, better community’
This time of year, there’s a loud whirring and shaking coming from a shop on the Brhel farm near Denton, Nebraska.
Like his dad and grandpa before him, Brian Brhel is running a seed cleaning machine that separates seeds from chaff and debris to prepare for sale and planting. While his predecessors raised and cleaned certified seed, mostly wheat, oats and soybeans, Brian Brhel works with cover crops.
From Her Field to Their Table
Julie Stahly grabbed a bag of home-ground wheat flour. It couldn’t get much fresher than this: wheat grains straight from her farm to the mill in her kitchen.
The bag bore a new name: Homestead Grains. This was it. The first store. Julie strode toward the doors of Hills Family Foods in Imperial, Nebraska. Soon she would have the answer to her question: Would there be space on the store's shelves, and would customers make room in their carts for her locally grown flour?
What is in Our Water?—A conversation with Marty Stange
The water we drink. The water that we use to irrigate crops and feed livestock. The water we swim, fish, and tank in—-it is so important.
For Marty Strange, water has been a lifelong passion. Growing up on a farm in central Nebraska, his connection to water began early, carried him through a 36-year career at Hastings Utilities and into retirement. Now a board member of the Nebraska Soil Health Coalition, Marty is dedicated to helping producers and community members answer: What is in our water?
Shared family values align with nature’s way at Champion Valley Farm
Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.
This is the sentiment of Matt and Kelsey Owens as they raise their three children on their regenerative farm in Chase County, Nebraska. The couple is leading by example in caring for the land with calloused hands, producing grassfed beef nature’s way, and prioritizing the wellbeing of future generations.