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Alternative Agriculture Opportunities

Alternative Agriculture Opportunities. Vaughn Hammond Extension Educator University of Nebraska-Lincoln Kimmel Education & Research Center Nebraska City, NE vhammond2@unl.edu. Grapes. Vineyards. Pruning Canopy Management Harvest Vineyard floor management. Table Grapes.

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Alternative Agriculture Opportunities

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  1. Alternative Agriculture Opportunities Vaughn Hammond Extension Educator University of Nebraska-Lincoln Kimmel Education & Research Center Nebraska City, NE vhammond2@unl.edu

  2. Grapes

  3. Vineyards • Pruning • Canopy Management • Harvest • Vineyard floor management

  4. Table Grapes

  5. Farmers Markets

  6. Organic and Not

  7. Market Vegetable

  8. CSA

  9. CSACommunity Supported Agriculture • A socio-economic model of agriculture and food distribution • Community of individuals that pledge support to a farming operation • Growers and consumers share the risks and benefits of food production • Also known as “subscription farming”

  10. Farmers Market

  11. Nebraska Statistics • 63 communities have a registered Farmers Market • Over 70 different markets • Early 2000’s 666,184 households in Nebraska • If each spent $10.00---6.7 million $ • If each spent 10.00 once a month for 3 months---20.1 million$

  12. High Tunnel

  13. Fruits

  14. Historically • 1931 Nebraska Unicameral passed a law ordering the removal of cedar trees to slow the damaging affects of Cedar Apple Rust on area apple orchards • Brownville Orchard Company announced their 100 acre peach orchard was bearing crop for the first time. Averaged 500 bushel in sales a day.

  15. Tree Fruits • Apple • Peach • Pear • Plum • Apricot • Tart Cherry

  16. Why Opportunity Now? • Trend toward families buying more fresh food • Rising fruit and vegetable cost • Increased awareness of food safety and nutrition • Local Foods • Urban Agriculture

  17. Small Fruits Most Common • Raspberries • Blackberries • Strawberries

  18. Less Common • Elderberry • Currants • Gooseberries

  19. Even Less Common • Sea Buckthorn • Saskatoon • Sand Cherries

  20. Woody Florals

  21. Woody Florals • Woody florals include any woody plant species that has a colorful or unusually shaped stem, persistent bud, flower, fruit or leaf.

  22. Marketing • Direct Sales to Florist • Farmers Markets • Nebraska Woody Florals Coop

  23. Education

  24. Economic Returns2 Year Average per 1000’ of Row • Scarlet Curls Willow $2991.00 • Corkscrew Willow $2035.00 • Pussy Willow $2982.00 • Bailey Dogwood $2257.00 • Yellow Twig Dogwood $1063.00

  25. Aronia

  26. Aronia • Has traditionally been a landscape plant generally used for wildlife and bird habitat. • Native plant in Missouri and may stretch into Southeast Nebraska. • Native Americans used the berry as a dye as well as a food source. • Extremely high in Vitamin C and antioxidants which makes it attractive to homeopathic practitioners. • Midwest Aronia Growers Association

  27. Antioxidant Levels

  28. Very cold hardy • Late blooming—avoids frost problems • Jams, jellies, juice, syrup, wine • Stable red food coloring

  29. Yield Potentials • Approximately 700 plants per acre • 700 x 38 (yield potential)= 26,600 pounds • 26,600 x $2.00 = 53,200.00 • Certified organic---3.50/lb.

  30. Hazelnuts

  31. Hazelnut Research In Nebraska

  32. Flowers

  33. Extension is a Division of the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln cooperating with the Counties and the United States Department of Agriculture. University of Nebraska–Lincoln Extension educational programs abide with the nondiscrimination policies of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln and the United States Department of Agriculture.

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