Source: NCSU COLLEGE OF AG & LIFE SCIENCES, 11/9/21


A new veterans’ agricultural apprenticeship program at NC State University is poised to increase the reach and impact of farmer veteran programs across the state.  Angel Cruz, academic and extension initiatives manager for the Center for Environmental Farming Systems (CEFS), is the principal investigator on a recently awarded NIFA grant that funds the Boots on the Ground Program, North Carolina’s first registered apprenticeship for military veterans interested in farming. This pilot is a beginning farmer and rancher development program that will provide longer-term training to military veterans through a registered apprenticeship model focused on sustainable farming and farm management skills. 

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