By Lauren Dietrich, Student News Reporter Nebraska Public Media
July 8, 2021, 3 p.m. ·
Edo will be the first farmer to lease the land from Community Crops. He is using his quarter-acre to produce vegetables and herbs for the Lincoln community. Photo by Lauren Dietrich
A Lincoln nonprofit is finding a sustainable, and unique way to increase local food production. Community Crops is leasing a 12-acre piece of property from the Lincoln Airport Authority to put in cover crops, create habitat for pollinators, and give new farmers a chance to get started The “Air Park Farm” will be the first urban agriculture plot of its kind in Lincoln.