As we celebrate this historic national and state-recognized day for and with Indigenous communities, let's also recognize the indigenous knowledge, stewardship, conservation, and skills that exist within the NSAS network. 1011 News has begun to document this historic commemoration at the State Capitol. 


NSAS member Dawn Hill (Choctaw, link to her bio) is Co-President of the Board of Directors and a full-time staff of the Tapestry Institute (https://tapestryinstitute.org/). The Tapestry Institute weaves Indigenous Knowledge to life through activities and publications that use Indigenous ways of knowing, learning about, and responding to the natural world.

If you would like to help highlight Indigenous voices, farmers, food system advocates- please reach out so we can continue to uplift diverse work and lives within our NSAS network. Nominate an indigenous speaker for the Feb 4-5 2022 Healthy Farms Conference, board member, 2022 Field Day, or grant partner.
wiblaho & yakokí (Thank you with gratitude in Omaha-Ponca & Choctaw)

Andrew and his family are blessed to care for 16 acres of Nebraska paradise. They grow fruit/berries, veggies and we raise small numbers of cattle, pigs, ducks, and chickens.

September 22nd, 2021- Hideaway Farm pasture after grazing by pigs with buckwheat, goldenrod, rye, sorghum, field peas, and brassicas. Above is a tour of a pig paddock 5 weeks after they grazed it. Lots of diversity and green growth. Andrew's pigs are organic grain fed, rotationally grazed to encourage plant diversity and soil health. 

September 25th, 2021- A beautiful crisp fall morning with Andrew at the Village Pointe Farmers Market 8:30 am to 12:30 pm.  You can learn more about Hideaway Farms through their Facebook page and video series. To contact Andrew, send him a message at andrewtonnies@gmail.com​.

​Come along, as the RegeNErate Nebraska network visits local farms for a first-hand look into the benefits and challenges of regenerative farming practices. This 5-part series will highlight the many ways that the next generation of Nebraska farmers are reclaiming their independence by putting health back into the soil.
The first farm tour is with Little Mountain Ranch and Garden near Fort Calhoun, NE with farmer Billy Alward. They have created a sustainable farm through diversifying crops, implementing solar energy and battery storage, rotational grazing with pigs in the woods and grass-fed beef, producing organic vegetables and using chemical-free products.
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*Regenerative farming and ranching practices used in Nebraska include minimizing tillage, muilti-species cover cropping, multiple crop rotations, implementation of livestock back onto the soil accompanied by holistic grazing practices, agro-forestry with tree intercropping, silvopasture on grazing lands, and degraded rangeland restoration.

These videos are sponsored by RegeNErate Nebraska network partners Nebraska Communities United and  Nebraska Sustainable Agricultural Society.

Visit and support Little Mountain Ranch and Garden here: https://www.littlemountainrg.com/