After an unseasonably warm autumn here in Nebraska, a cold front has finally ushered in cool, crisp air and much needed precipitation. Another season has come and gone, and once again we’ve come together to harvest the seeds of resistance and make plans for planting more in the coming year. Now as we join family […]

Happy Spring! Happy Easter! The first day of spring is only a few days away! Are you still looking for wonderful local and organic food to serve for Easter dinner? Bold Nebraska has you covered! Consider purchasing cream and cheese products from Branched Oak Farm at Open Harvest and Hub Café in Lincoln, or visit […]

If LB176 passes, allowing for the vertical integration of the hog industry in Nebraska, the degradation of our state’s valuable and already threatened water resources will soon follow. When State Senators, like Patty Pansing Brooks, argue that there will be time to institute state environmental laws to protect our water resources from dumping by new […]

That afternoon in November 2013, Sandhill cranes squawked and danced in the distance. Faith Spotted Eagle an elder of the Ihanktonwan Band of the Dakota/Nakota/Lakota Nation of South Dakota, pulled her shawl tighter against the wind and cold, then began to sing. She was gathered with other members of the Cowboy and Indian Alliance in […]

LINK TO FLICKR: PHOTOS FOR MEDIA OF PONCA CORN PLANTING B-ROLL VIDEO (DOWNLOADABLE VIA DROPBOX): PLANTING (LONG SHOT) MEKASI PLANTING PLANTING 2 PLANTING 3 PLANTING 4 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 1, 2014 Contact: Jane Kleeb, jane@boldnebraska.org, 402-705-3622 Neligh, Nebraska—On Saturday, May 31, and Sunday, June 1, members of the Cowboy and Indian Alliance and allies came together at the […]

“I know everybody in Mayflower,” says Linda Lynch of her hometown in Arkansas. It seems almost possible. A bedroom community for Little Rock some 20 miles down I-40, Mayflower is a town of barely 1,600 with just one shopping center—a grocery store, a Dollar Store, and a Subway. In such a small town, Linda insists […]

Ben Gotschall is a candidate for Nebraska Public Power District, Subdivision 1 On a brisk spring morning, Ben Gotschall pulled a steel crate wagon loaded with bales of hay to the pasture where his Jerseys were eagerly awaiting breakfast. Halfway up the hill, he turned to me with a wry smile. “I don’t own a […]

Maggie Squires is a candidate for Nebraska’s Lower Platte South Natural Resources District, Subdistrict 6 (view map of Subdistrict 6, Lincoln area) Click here to give $10 now to support Maggie Squires for NRD. Maggie’s campaign website “Like” Maggie for NRD on Facebook Click here for the full New Energy Voter Guide When I met […]

Bold Nebraska’s Mary Anne Andrei reports on the risks to Nebraska’s water, and the State Department’s final environmental impact statement (FEIS) for the proposed Keystone XL pipeline.* Not only does the State Department environmental assessment acknowledge that the proposed Keystone XL pipeline route continues to cross the Sandhills and the Ogallala Aquifer, it also confirms […]

Last week, Noelle Ptomey, of Cedar Bluffs, Nebraska, attempted to email Congressman Lee Terry using an email form on his website. She wanted to tell Terry that she was upset that he and other Nebraska elected officials did not attend the final State Department hearing on the proposed Keystone XL pipeline in Grand Island. But […]