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Farmer Veteran Fellowship Fund

Paula and Rusty Campbell

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 ...
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Homegrown By Heroes

Brandon Breaux, Cockeyed Farms

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 ...
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Grants

Farmer Veteran Coalition Mental Health Awareness Project

FVC has received a four-year Mental Health Awareness Training Grant from the Department of Health and Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration ...
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Staff Spotlight

FVC Staff Spotlight

Born and raised in Waco, Texas, Diego left Waco to attend the University of North Texas in Denton, Texas, where he graduated with a bachelor’s ...
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Disaster Relief

Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP)

NAP will partially cover losses related to crop production, but not losses to the actual plant. For example, if a NAP-covered strawberry field experienced extreme ...
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In the News

Workplace Giving Spotlight – NRECA

Today we focus on one of those opportunities in more detail with the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) and its workplace-giving initiative. The Arlington, ...
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Economic Resilience Program 2 (ERP-2)
Disaster Relief

Farmer Veteran Coalition’s Webinar “Brown Bag Lunch: ERP-2 Webinar FAQs with Texas FSA’s Joshua Coleman”

The Farmer Veteran Coalition (FVC) has been at the forefront of supporting military veterans who are transitioning into careers in agriculture. In our ongoing efforts ...
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Disaster Relief

USDA Disaster Grant Program Extended Until July 14th

Did your farm suffer from an environmental disaster in 2020 or 2021?The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is extending the deadline for the Emergency Relief ...
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2023 Farmer Veteran Fellowship Fund Awardees Announced by Farmer Veteran Coalition

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 ...
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Chapter Corner: Annual Meetings

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 ...
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NASCAR Cup Series Sponsorship to Support FVC

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 ...
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Executive Director Comments: April 2023

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 ...
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