Kimmel Partners

The Kimmels championed the benefits of higher education, and in 1925 began work with the University to develop a research facility for alternative crops. Today, research is conducted in cooperation with the National Arbor Day Foundation and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln through the Kimmel Education and Research Center. KERC's focus areas include viticulture, specialty forestry crops, agritourism, and helping agricultural producers with marketing and production techniques. KERC hosts several "field days" each year at the orchard.

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The Kimmels championed the benefits of higher education, and in 1925 began work with the University to develop a research facility for alternative crops.

History



Richard P. Kimmel grew up in Nebraska City where he attended school and graduated in 1915. After high school, he attended Cornell College in Mount Vernon.

U-Pick



The study and development of agricultural-related tourism is an important focus of the Kimmel Education and Research Center (KERC) at Kimmel Orchard.

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