Farmer Veteran Coalition will be celebrating its 15th anniversary in February. The service to Farmer Veterans has grown a lot in the first 15 years with even more planned for the future.
Army Veteran Bryan Zesiger and his wife, Gina, are leading the charge with winemaking in the Sunflower State.
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.
