Elizabeth Rembert
Reporter, Nebraska Public MediaI cover food, agriculture and rural communities for Harvest Public Media. I’m based at Nebraska Public Media in Lincoln, Nebraska.
I’m a born-and-raised Nebraskan, from a rural community in the northeast part of the state. My family’s farm gave me an early perspective on how agriculture’s impact on food, culture, the environment, the economy … the list goes on.
I studied journalism at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and graduated in 2019. I spent a little over two years with Bloomberg News in New York City before returning home to report on Midwest stories full time.
If you have story ideas for me or just want to say hi, feel free to reach out via email erembert@nebraskapublicmedia.org or follow me on Twitter @Ekrembert.
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For the first time in three years, honey yields rose across the United States. It’s good news in an industry facing headwinds.
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Every four years, the 2nd Congressional Districts in Nebraska and Maine become mini swing states in the presidential election. That’s because those states can split their electoral vote by district, instead of giving all the votes to the popular vote winner. Does the split vote approach offer a better option for the electoral college?
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Winter tends to be the cloudiest part of the year, but data shows there were more overcast days than usual in parts of the region.
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The National Music Museum has one of the world’s largest and most significant collections of historical instruments — a sort of musical Smithsonian. But it’s far away from the museums on the National Mall: It’s in Vermillion, South Dakota.
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When do you feel the most Midwestern? Is it when you’re in the third hour of a goodbye, when you pair chili with cinnamon rolls or when you catch yourself saying “It would be nice out if it wasn’t for the wind.” Call 402-470-6469 to leave a voicemail or tell us below.
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Governors from Iowa, Nebraska and Missouri met with the Army Corps of Engineers. Representatives from Kansas also attended the meeting to discuss issues on the Missouri River.
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Meteorologists and climatologists often have a tough job explaining climate change to the public, especially in places where audiences may be more skeptical of the science. In the Midwest and Great Plains, strong resistance has pushed some out of the field.
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Farmers got a slightly smaller percentage of what consumers spent on food last year than the year before, according to the most recent report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. In most cases, Thanksgiving staples return cents on the dollar to farmers.
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Chronic wasting disease — which affects deer, elk and moose — continues to spread throughout the Great Plains and Midwest. Just this year, authorities in western Oklahoma detected the state’s first case in a free-ranging deer.
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Farmers say Title One — a farm bill program that sends money when crop prices or harvests get low enough — isn’t working as a buffer against tough years. Yet others argue the nearly 100-year-old safety net is costing billions of dollars with few strings attached.