Farmer Veteran Coalition has entered into a discount partnership for its FVC members with repurposedMATERIALS Inc., which encourages a new secondhand use for discarded industrial materials.
repurposedMATERIALS Offers Second Life for Industrial Castoffs Read More »
The Farmer Veteran Coalition (FVC) announced today over $350,000 in awards and equipment to Veterans across the country.
2024 Farmer Veteran Fellowship Fund Awardees Announced by Farmer Veteran Coalition Read More »
Receiving a Fellowship Fund award through the generous funding support of The Wounded Warrior Project has meant that their family farm will be able to finally buy the UTV they have been saving for and get closer to meeting their goals set out in their 10-year business plan.
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Michael “Brandon” Breaux, along with his wife Lauren Breaux, are the owners of Cockeyed Farms. Known as “The Cockeyed Farmer”, Brandon was born and raised in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
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Kubota Tractor Corporation, Wounded Warrior Project®, Tractor Supply Company, Tractor Supply Company Foundation, Woods Equipment, AgWest Farm Credit, ADM and more, support largest award amount in program history! Waco, Texas, UNITED STATES, May 5, 2023 – The Farmer Veteran Coalition (FVC) announced today over $530,000 in awards and equipment to veterans across the country through
2023 Farmer Veteran Fellowship Fund Awardees Announced by Farmer Veteran Coalition Read More »
It’s annual meeting season for FVC Chapters! Annual meetings can serve multiple purposes, including the board of director elections, evaluating programs, assessing progress towards achieving chapter goals, reviewing financials, setting the budget, and setting goals for the upcoming year. The FVC North Carolina Chapter held their annual meeting on February 24th in Raleigh, NC. Held
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Kubota Tractor Corporation is partnering with Trackhouse Racing to be the primary sponsor for 5 NASCAR Cup Series Races in 2023 with driver Ross Chastain. The 5 races are listed below, and Chastain’s car will sport the Kubota orange paint scheme! Kubota is leveraging this partnership to provide additional support to the FVC by the following – in each of the 5
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Spring has sprung! Here at the Farmer Veteran National Headquarters, we are remarkably busy wrapping up the Fellowship fund, writing several federal grants for some exciting pilots throughout the country for urban agriculture, a national mentorship program, and a USO food insecurity program-stay tuned! We are also hard a work on our existing grant work
Executive Director Comments: April 2023 Read More »
The PACT Act is a new law, signed in August 2022, that expands VA health care and benefits for Veterans exposed to burn pits, Agent Orange, and other toxic substances. The PACT Act adds to the list of health conditions that the VA assumes (or “presumes”) are caused by exposure to these substances. This law
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There has never been a better time to look and apply for remote job opportunities in the agriculture industry. If you are just beginning your job search or perhaps an employer looking to hire, a recent US study focused on the changing job marketing in agriculture shows some new post-pandemic trends. The study was conducted
Study Finds Increase in Remote Work Opportunities in US Agriculture Read More »
