GROW Nebraska® Foundation and Buy Nebraska Blog

Do you ever come home from a long day at work and have little motivation to cook? Trust me, we do too. Luckily, this simple chicken parmesan bake solved all of my problems on those busy nights! It is quick, easy, and you can't leave out the delicious part! Today we will be featuring   Sabbiotos' Pasta   and   Angi's Sicilian Style Spaghetti Sauce . We would also like to give a shout out to   An Affair From The Heart   for this amazing recipe!    Who is Sabbiatos? Sabbiatos is a family owned business that stands behind the quality of its product using only the best ingredients by supporting as many small businesses and buying local ingredients.   They have created a pasta that is unique to the culinary industry.  It offers a different variety of pasta that closely portrays the style native to its home country of Italy.  It is a healthy homemade Pasta made with locally grown ingredients and not ...

        Kearney, Neb. – This year another lucky business got to walk away with Russ’s Market Nebraska Best Local Product Award. This award has been going on for seven years now, but this year GROW Nebraska was honored to help present Cedar Hollow Ham’s as the winner. Cedar Hollow Ham’s is based out of Lincoln, Nebraska and was without a doubt the right choice for the award. There is also no better business to sponsor this award than Russ’s Market who has been around since 1964 and has been a GROW Nebraska member since 2009. Just like any business it started with one little store in Lincoln, Nebraska and expanded to thirty-two stores today. Brian Hayes District Manager of Russ’s B&R states some of the key aspects they look for in finding a business for this award is the obvious, a Nebraska based company. He said this jokingly but continued with some major key points. Hayes states, “It starts with quality product. If you have a quality product it’s just a natural t...

Looking for a last minute Easter dinner recipe? We've got you covered with this simple, delicious Holiday Ham with Riesling and Mustard Glaze recipe. It will leave your guests coming back for seconds! Today we will be featuring   Buzz Savories Spicy Beer Mustard ,   Honey , and   Honey Mustard ! We would also like to give a shout out to   Buzz Savories   for this amazing recipe!  Created in Holdrege, Nebraska, Buzz Savories features top of the line mustards. Spicy Beer Mustard and Honey Mustard are gourmet mustards that are a must-have in your household. Buzz Savories creates exceptional mustard that you will leave you wanting more. Betty, pictured above, is the proud owner of many bee hives. She started this journey just trying to find a hobby after retiring. This led her to venture into bee keeping, and finding something to do with her excess honey!  👇  Check out her recipe below!   👇 Ingredients:  1   2# or up to 14# ...

Every year GROW Nebraska tries to come up with new holiday gift box ideas. This year we teamed up with a few different members one of those businesses included Betty Sayers and Buzz Savories Honey Products! Buzz Savories has been a GROW Nebraska member since 2019. Betty’s gift boxes were flying off the shelf this past holiday season! We couldn’t be more excited for the amazing opportunity this brought Betty and the GROW Nebraska Buy Nebraska store. Zoe Terry E-Commerce Marketing Specialist adds to this success that, “Market testing and launching is one of the primary benefits that GROW Nebraska offers Nebraska businesses.    We are always looking for ways to help our members get more of the market share and become more profitable.” Betty Sayers owner of Buzz Savories states her reason for doing this is, “I watched and studied the successes GROW Nebraska realized from their gift promotions during the Christmas holiday in 2021.    In addition, Ag West, a corporation in...

Six years ago, Andrew Vrbas was a budget-strapped college student making soap in his college apartment. He had an idea for a business that would help change the lives of people around the world. After just five years in business, his Pacha Soap Co™ enterprise is already doing that. The business that he and his wife, Abi, started in Hastings in 2013 has donated 3.4 million bars of soap to people in developing countries, has created 256 jobs in Nebraska and around the world, has provided 74,078 children with hand-washing education and has created wells to provide 4,000 people with clean water. And in 2017, Whole Foods honored Pacha Soap with its 2017 Supplier of the Year award. It all started with Andrew’s 2010 trip to Peru. “As a junior in college, I didn’t know that a trip to volunteer for others would ignite a life change in me,” Andrew said. “My trip took me to Peru, South America, to volunteer at a local school and then later on, a local constructio...