Community Resources Database

From Insight to Action: Using Data for Community Impact is a four-part interactive webinar series designed to help local changemakers use data to understand community challenges, engage others, and support informed decision-making.

Participants learn how to find and interpret relevant data, explore tools like All Things Nebraska, and apply data insights to real-world situations. The course emphasizes collaboration, adaptive thinking, and civic dialogue, empowering participants to move from understanding to action in their communities.

This four-session webinar series is focused on understanding how the cow’s nutrient requirements change throughout the year and how to cost-effectively meet a cow's needs with grazed or harvested feed. Over 100 participants took the course in 2024 and rated it as above average or one of the best educational opportunities available to them. 

Future Husker University is a unique learning experience on Nebraska’s campuses for Nebraska alumni, fans, and future Huskers. Participants experience the day in the life of today’s Huskers through engaging classes, tours, and visits to the dining hall while creating unforgettable memories with their loved ones. 

Project A.C.R.E. is a team of faculty, staff, and students that develop research-based serious educational games to promote agroecosystem literacy, enhance understanding of sustainability, and increase awareness of STEM careers relevant to agroecosystems. 

Garden TOOLS (Technology Opportunities in Outdoor Learning Spaces) is designed to support students in grades 3-5 to make data-informed decisions in school gardens or other outdoor growing spaces by using and programming BBC micro:bit microcontrollers. The program offers resources to support you and your students. 

Geologic mapping, studies of soils, sediments, sedimentary rocks, ancient environments, and ancient life on Earth relevant to Nebraska.

GeoNet is a professional development initiative designed to connect and support Nebraska science educators through workshops, field trips, and collaborative curriculum development. By integrating geosciences into physics, chemistry, and biology, GeoNet strengthens interdisciplinary teaching while building a strong network of educators dedicated to inquiry-based science learning.

Go NAPSACC is a trusted in-service training that helps child care facilities go the extra mile to support children’s healthy eating and physical activity. Go NAPSACC is designed for facilities that care for children from the ages of birth to 5 years old. 

Resources from Nebraska Extension on storing and managing grain effectively including grain quality preservation, aeration, pest management, and temporary storage solutions, as well as technical advice on drying, equipment preparation, and strategies to reduce costs and prevent losses, particularly in high moisture conditions.

The Great Plains Art Museum offers free tours for groups of all ages. Self-guided tours allow you to explore at your own pace, while guided tours highlight selected works or connect exhibitions to curricular objectives.

This webinar series, delivered via Zoom, is a great opportunity to join experts from Nebraska Extension to learn and ask questions about gardening and landscaping. 

Resources related to the quantity, quality, and integrated management of groundwater in Nebraska.

A SNAP-Ed funded donation garden project that increases food security and promotes healthy food access for families and individuals who are food insecure. 

Resources from Nebraska Extension on how to prepare for and respond quickly when dealing with hail damage to crops. 

The role of the faculty and staff at the Haskell Ag Lab is to prevent or solve problems using research-based information. Field days and educational opportunities for ag producers and students are held at the site. 

Recipes and resources for preparing and eating healthy foods.

Healthy Food Access is the means to consistently find, afford, choose, and use nutritious and safe food. Access to healthy food increases nutrition security, which emphasizes having the right kinds of nutritious foods versus simply having enough foods. 

HearU Nebraska provides hearing aids to children ages 0–18 with priority to newly identified children ages 0–3. Lions Hearing Aid Bank provides refurbished monaural or binaural BTE hearing aids to individuals 19–64 years of age. Sertoma Hearing Aid Bank provides one refurbished BTE hearing aid to individuals aged 65 or older. A second hearing aid can be purchased for $100.

The Heartland Regional Food Business Center is all about creating stronger, more responsive, and more competitive local food systems. Focused on supporting small, mid-sized, and diverse food and farm businesses, as well as local and regional food initiatives, the goal is to make local food a simple, everyday choice by strengthening community connections.  

Offering to-go food options, snacks, drinks, Husker gear, and more; our Herbie's Markets are your on-campus convenience stores.

Guide to Snakes, Turtles, Frogs, Lizards, and Salamanders. Identification of the herptofauna native to Nebraska is fun but at times can be challenging. Our resources provide reliable information for fast identification.