COMING HOME - VETERANS
Lesbian Veterans coming home to land. Training, support, connections, grant programs and loans for purchase of farm land and equipment.
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Military Veteran Farmer Training | Beginning Farmers
- This page provides information about beginning farmer training programs specifically targeted toward military veterans.
Armed to Farm: Sustainable Agriculture Training For Military ...
- The program is available to military veterans who have recently begun farming & who wish to learn more skills, explore sustainable and diverse enterprises.
Veterans - New Farmers - US Department of Agriculture
Beginning Farmer and Rancher Opportunities | Center for Rural Affairs
- Veterans receive benefits for education or for starting farms and businesses...
Veterans Healing Farm | Cultivating Life Through Community
- This innovative program designed to educate and empower veterans with lessons in farming, homesteading and sustainability.
Farm Loans - Veterans Benefits Administration
- Program, Career Services, Educational Assistance, Home Loan Guaranty
Growing Change: Farmer Veteran Coalition – Farm Aid
- FVC is chock full of programming, from farm retreats, to financial planning and business courses, to a small grants program that helps aspiring farmer veterans .
SAVE Farm | A Pathway to Farming for Veterans and Service Members
- The Solider Agricultural Vocational Education Farm is committed to helping veterans and service members transition into agriculture.
Organic Farming Program for Military & Vets | Delaware Valley ...
- Military vets can transition into the working world easy by completing this 1-year Organic Farming certification program at Delaware Valley College.
Farming & Ranching Workshop for Veterans - Texas
- Learn how to develop an ag business plan, start an ag business, farm or ranch with a disability,
Veterans and Small Farmers Outreach Program (VeSFO ...
- This program is looking to enhance the sustainability of farm operations of veterans, socially disadvantaged, and new farmers in South Florida.
The University of Maine - Beginning Farmer Resource Network of ...
- These programs are important in developing necessary skills in farming, while also addressing the difficulties some veterans face in their transition back to civilian life
Sustainable Agriculture Training - Cal Poly Pomona
- The six week certificate program provides an intensive introduction to small scale sustainable farming, hands-on hydroponic greenhouse management
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2014 Farm Bill and “Veteran Farmers” - Ground Operations!
From War To Plow: Why USDA Wants Veterans To Take Up Farming ...
Federal Funding Available for Minority and Veteran Farmer ...
10 Farmer Training Programs Helping Veterans Heal - Food Tank
Farmer programs aid military veterans and 'advanced beginners ...
- Feb 2, 2015 ... A well-established agricultural outreach effort run by Cornell is taking on a new mission designed in part to help returning veterans find futures
Tilth Honors Veterans, Future Farmers - Oregon Tilth
- Nov 10, 2016 ... The new Farm Bill requires a preference be given to veteran farmers and in awarding grants to producers under this program
Programs available nationwide to assist veteran farmers
- May 29, 2015 ... With more veterans being drawn to careers in agriculture there is a need for programs and organizations to help them get started in agriculture
Vets to Ag - College of Agriculture & Natural Resources - Michigan ...
- Jul 30, 2015 ... Vets to Ag - Veteran's Agri-food and Natural Resources Worker ... The Vets to Ag program is an innovative residential training program for US ...
Note: Many communities and local non-profits offer additional resources