The dominant agricultural system in the US has separated people from land and from one another. We’ve lost the connection between rural and urban, between producer and consumer, and between generations. Communities have been led to believe that their voice doesn’t matter, that they don’t have the knowledge to solve their own problems, and that their interests are exclusive.
For RegeNErate Nebraska, moving away from extraction and exploitation and towards regeneration starts with rebuilding trust. They are creating spaces for diverse groups — Midwestern farmers, inner-city Black communities, Indigenous tribes, supply chain workers, and urban consumers — to come together, listen, and learn. By regrowing connective relationships within Nebraska, they are creating the conditions for the community to seed solutions for itself.
