Two Businesses at 23: Why She Moved Back to Rural Nebraska

At 23, Vickie Ference owns two businesses in Ord, Nebraska: Vickie’s ExtraORDinary Pork and Grateful Adventures. She shares how she started her pork business in college, expanded into individual cuts and bundles, purchased two downtown buildings and grew an event décor business. Vickie also discusses why she chose to return to her hometown and how the Engler Entrepreneurship Program at UNL helped shape her approach to business.