The 101st Agricultural Outlook Forum served as a pivotal platform for the Farmer Veteran Coalition to engage in meaningful discussions, share insights, and collaboratively seek solutions to the pressing challenges facing the agricultural sector today.
FVC highlights the Homegrown By Heroes label and worked on solidifying partnerships with state agricultural departments at NASDA’s 2025 Winter Policy Conference in Washington, D.C.
A partnership between Farmer Veteran Coalition and Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service’s Battleground to Breaking Ground program represents a big step in supporting Veterans and beginning farmers.
In a significant move to support military Veterans transitioning into agriculture, the Farmer Veteran Coalition (FVC) has partnered with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (USDA NRCS) in Louisiana.
A virtual office that Farmer Veteran Coalition has opened in Washington, D.C., will enable FVC to interact directly with the nation’s policy makers and will benefit efforts to help Farmer Veterans.
Farmer Veteran Coalition took part in the American Farm Bureau Federation Conference in San Antonio, Texas, networking with agricultural leaders, and exploring ways to collaborate on initiatives that support Veterans in agriculture.
Combining forces with Fields 4 Valor will allow their mark to become the name of Farmer Veteran Coalition’s newest program for food insecurity, which will be expanded throughout the country.
Farmer Veteran Coalition members, volunteers, grantors and donors have been a big part of the successes in the past year and FVC has much more on the horizon.
Despite difficult financial challenges for many, Farmer Veteran Coalition and Homegrown By Heroes producers continue to put food on the table for their communities. With the support of its members, FVC will continue to assist more Veterans, which is a great reason to be thankful.
Recent weather disasters have shown the ability of Farmer Veteran Coalition members to assist those in need and highlights the need to prepare to contend with emergencies and recover from these situations.
