America’s secret weapon for food security, energy independence and strengthening our domestic assets.
Nebraska BioEconomy Impact
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Secure food production + supply chain
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Safeguard American resources
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Protect American Agriculture
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Promote American energy independence
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Revitalized rural communities
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Lowest carbon impact feedstock on the planet
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Increased domestic bio-products production
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High-paying salaries for Nebraskans
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Stewardship of water and soil resources
Sustainable, perpetual growth
The Nebraska BioEconomy is the key to elevating Nebraska’s economic capability, revitalizing our rural communities, protecting our family farms and ranches, spurring investment in our rural infrastructure, and transforming the products, services, technologies, and production our country demands for a fully resilient future.
Building US food and energy independence.
Nebraska people, Nebraska water, Nebraska crops and Nebraska livestock
are the four key ingredients that will enable the state to capitalize
on the transformative economic power of the US BioEconomy. In
addition, Nebraska has:
Motivated Leadership
Our leadership has the foresight to see the future and the stamina to get there.
World-Class Education
Our universities + experts lead in R&D, training and equipping the next generation of BioEconomy thinkers and doers.
Comprehensive Workforce Training
With BioEconomy careers averaging $83,000/year, Nebraska is creating a robust classroom-to-workforce pipeline of in-demand professional development economic opportunity.
Comprehensive Whole-of-State Approach
Alignment across state government, universities, education, associations, communities and stakeholders dedicated to Nebraska BioEconomy execution.
Unique Resources
Only Nebraska has the people, water, crops and livestock to fuel the transition to national BioEconomy leadership.
Shovel-Ready Opportunities
Statewide coalition has identified strategic physical and intellectual geographies primed for cultivation + development.
The greatest intiative and opportunity to ever hit Nebraska.
Nebraska is leading the way.
It's not going to be easy.
But nothing worth doing ever is.
