
Matt McCue, 1st Veteran to join FVC, dies
Farmer Veteran Coalition’s first Veteran member is remembered for his willingness to help others and share his knowledge.

Farmer Veteran Coalition’s first Veteran member is remembered for his willingness to help others and share his knowledge.

Although California-born Lauren Simmons served in the Coast Guard, she is now working the land in Kentucky with her jet pilot husband.

Rachel Mims provides therapy to others as a professional counselor and experiences first-hand the therapeutic benefits of farming.

For FVC Director of Operations Nick Flanigan, the two more important groups of people in this nation are Veterans and agricultural producers.

Joseph Burdulinski hasn’t been able to use his “Old Glory” Batwing® cutter as much as he’d hoped due to the drought, but it has already been a huge boost to his burgeoning hay operation.

Farming can be daunting, but the response from their customers makes it worthwhile for Sean and Faye Autry of Thunder Valley Ranch in Oklahoma.

Today, however, he and his wife Karly have a burgeoning goat and cattle operation in the village of Burchard, Nebraska, six miles from the Kansas border.

While my family had no background in agriculture, my fascination with the land and its potential for growth and sustenance was undeniable.

In the spring of 2021, he built eight hives, and in order to keep costs down, constructed nearly all of them from recycled shipping material.

Post-service, they became corporate executives in the oil and gas industry in manufacturing and capital project development. But on that plane flight emerged a new topic.