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Nebraska Farmers Union |
1305
Plum Street • Lincoln, NE 68502 Contact
John Hansen Office: 402-476-8815, Fax: 402-476-8859, Cell: 402-580-8815 |
NEFU, Loup Basin RC&D,
& NPPD
To Hold Meeting Featuring
Information On
Carbon Credit Program and
C-BED Wind Development Model
For
Immediate Release
July
24, 2008 Contact: Graham Christensen
402-476-8815 Office
402-217-5217 Cell
Loup Basin RC&D
308-728-3393 Office
Ord,
NE –
Nebraska Farmers Union (NEFU) will be teaming up with the Loup Basin Resource,
Conservation, and Development Center (RC&D) and Nebraska Public Power
District (NPPD) in order to inform farmers and ranchers about the financial
opportunities of Carbon Sequestration and Community Owned Wind Energy.
The
informational meetings will be open to all and will be held at the Greeley
County Courthouse, in Greeley, Nebraska August 12th at 7:00 P.M. and
will last approximately two hours. The
meeting will feature power point presentations about Carbon Sequestration and
how farmers and ranchers can earn additional income by storing carbon through
no-till practices and improved grazing techniques on rangeland and also on the
new C-BED wind energy development model recently approved by the
Legislature.
Nebraska
Farmers Union is a general farm organization dedicated to protecting and
enhancing the quality of life and economic well-being of family farmers and
ranchers, and their rural communities.
The
Loup Basin Resource, Conservation, and Development is a not for profit
organization serving nine counties in North Central Nebraska, working with
NRD's, units of government and others in the field of economic development,
wise use of natural resources, and community development.
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