Marketing & Distribution | Nebraska Regional Food Systems Initiative

Marketing involves deciding what to sell, setting prices, choosing where to sell them, and promoting your business. Distribution is about putting products in front of your customers. Together, marketing and distribution play key roles in the food system.

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Buy Fresh Buy Local Nebraska

HOMEGROWN. HOMEMADE.

Creating a shorter, transparent, and sustainable food chain by educating communities on eating locally and promoting healthy, in-season eating, while also cultivating a future for Nebraska’s family farms by expanding the market for locally-produced foods.

A male student and two female students sit around a table, with their sack lunches out, eating lunch in a cafeteria.

Farm to School

FEEDING OUR MOST PRECIOUS RESOURCE

Embraces the three-part system—classroom, cafeteria, and community—to help children learn well and eat well.

Rows of fresh fruits and vegetables on the shelves in a grocery store.

Healthy Food Access

PROMOTING LOCAL BUSINESS AND COMMUNITY HEALTH

Consistently find, choose, use, and afford nutritious and safe food for increased nutrition security.

A woman talks with two men in front of an industrial walk-in freezer with a sign reading "food" at the top of the freezer.

MarketMaker

FIND, CONNECT, BUILD

A platform connecting agriculture producers with potential customers and markets.

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Nebraska Cooperative Development Center

ALL FOR ONE

The Nebraska Cooperative Development Center (NCDC) is Nebraska’s center for cooperative-based business development, offering education, training, and technical assistance.