Community Resources Database

Whether you want to communicate, educate or encourage sustainable behavior we can help you with both conducting research and using well-researched techniques to increase your impact. 

Occasional online sales of swine from the Animal Science department. 

The Tax Institute is designed for tax preparers, enrolled agents, accountants/CPAs, certified financial planners, attorneys, banking, insurance professionals, and real estate professionals. Watch how we work for you. 

Inspire your students with the fascinating story of least terns and piping plovers! These birds once relied on the Platte River’s sandbars for nesting but now adapt to unexpected habitats like gravel mines and housing developments. Students will explore how scientists band and monitor these species, linking conservation science to real-world challenges in a meaningful and engaging way. 

TAPS offers dynamic farm management competitions for participants to hone their agricultural management skills while leveraging cutting-edge technology, vying for top prizes emphasizing profitability and efficiency.  

The Combine is a statewide initiative supporting high growth entrepreneurs in food and agriculture-tech sector. The program provides one-on-one early stage coaching, connections to industry mentors, networking events, incubation space on Nebraska Innovation Campus and a network of Nebraska producers.

Located on Nebraska Innovation Campus, The Mill Coffee Shop offers fresh-roasted coffee and fine teas. In addition, The Mill offers locally-made sandwiches, breakfast burritos, baked goods and desserts, a large selection of gourmet candies and chocolate, and of course a full line of coffee and tea related supplies and hardware, all in a casual and eclectic environment.

These training courses utilize The Pyramid Model, research-based strategies and resources from the Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations of Early Learning (CSEFEL), focusing on the social-emotional development and school readiness of young children. Trainings can be offered as part of child-care conferences, parent education training, a half-day or full-day training focused on Social-Emotional Development. Trainings with an asterisk have an additional training option for parents. 

The Suite Spot is an ideal or most favorable location for food entrepreneurs and growing companies to collaborate with a diverse group of scientists, develop and test new products, and transform the food industry. The Suite Spot offers on-site private offices, dedicated desks, and hot desks with access to a state-of-the-art food facility with dedicated pilot plants, development and analytical laboratories, sensory testing, product labeling, compliance expertise and entrepreneurial consultation. The Suite Spot is located in the Food Innovation Center on Nebraska Innovation Campus.

The Nebraska Thriving Index is the first economic and quality-of-life benchmarking tool for rural Nebraska, giving Nebraska’s eight rural regions a snapshot of how they're faring, compared to similar areas across the upper-Midwest, in important areas such as education and skill, growth and renewal, infrastructure, and quality of life. The Thriving Index gives economic development professionals, community leaders, and others interested in the success of rural Nebraska a concrete report to identify areas in which their regions are thriving, as well as where they have room for growth.

Tick Tag Go is a community-powered effort to establish baseline data on tick distributions in Nebraska. With new tick species being identified in the state, records of tick presence are critical to understanding which species are found where.This project relies on passive surveillance - the collection of ticks that you come across in your daily routine and activities.

Resources from Nebraska Extension about the variety of tillage systems available for crop production. 

A directory of sawmills, processors, contractors, and makers that work with timber. 

The Nebraska Forest Service publishes Timber Talk as a service to the forest industry of Nebraska. Issues are sent quarterly: March, June, September, and December.

The Trade Policy Toolkit is a roundup of content from the Clayton Yeutter Institute of International Trade and Finance. Here, you will find dialogues on numerous facets of international trade to supplement your classroom curriculum. Whether you teach business, economics, agriculture, politics and policy, or global studies, there is something here for you to help your students examine trade’s connection to your subject area — and why it matters. 

This collection of high school lessons and units was created as part of the TASRSs program. The program provided an opportunity for Nebraska high school science teachers to collaborate with UNL STEM faculty and graduate students engaged in applied STEM research around agriculture and natural resources. 

Identify trees and shrubs and which are suitable for different Nebraska habitats. 

Resources and tools from the Nebraska Forest Service for newly planted trees giving them a better chance to survive and thrive.

Information about the best trees to plant in Nebraska based on your Natural Resource District.

Resources and tools from the Nebraska Forest Service on how to plant a tree. 

Resources for lawn care management, weed control, turfgrass disease and insects, athletic field management, turfgrass establishment, soil fertility and fertilization, and water management.