Eight UNL faculty and staff members received the 2010 Holling Family Awards for Teaching Excellence in Agriculture and Natural Resources. The annual awards honor outstanding teaching in UNL’s Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources. This year’s recipients are: Senior Faculty Teaching Excellence Award: Susan Cuppett, professor in the Department of Food Science and Technology, and […]

While profits and yields often are the bottom line for farmers, a new UNL tool called the Healthy Farm Index will help farmers take into account the benefits of nature. An integral part of UNL’s organic farming project, the tool will help farmers and landowners measure their farm’s ecological health and maintain or improve crop […]