Farmer Veteran Coalition helps Veterans into agriculture careers

Please send info about Veterans Programs/Guidelines in Agriculture Science in relations to timber pine trees, Thank you. Carolyn Feisal

I am interested in the farm program. Please send met the startup info. Thank you much.

I am a Air Force disable veteran. Today I became part of the VFC. No experience in farming duties and responsibilites. Interested in building greenhouses in New Jersey. Anyone from that area or either from Pennsylvania or New York, please let me know. Thanks!

I am a two tour Afganistan combat Veteran with a 90% disabilty rating. But i must say I’m getting along pretty well after 12 cortisone shots and physical therapy. I was raised on a cattle farm worked it for 20 years my family still has all the equipment needed to work the ground cut hay and bale it ect. I dont have any land and work a pretty low paying Job as a Armored truck driver.I Would love to do something more and move out of this city of Springfield but financially that is impossible for me. I’m posting here thinking their may be someone generous out there willing to help start a new life. Thanks

I would love to get involved . I’m a disabled vet who has farmed Citrus with my family on a large scale . my Father Maj Glen G Curtis created this farm after World War Two 1947 and it still exist in operation under his name in Yuma Arizona . In 2014 I became Disabled and have not returned to the farm since moving to Texas in 2013 . I would love to assist with other veterans and or start a citrus farm in Texas with another Veteran . Where do i apply for this program .

Thank You William A Curtis

I am an honorable discharged Army veteran. I have minor leg disabilities. The V.A. recognizes them, and I receive a non-connected pension from the V.A. I had filed for a service connected pension, 3 times, getting turned down, 3 times. Once, they had stated they could see trouble I had with my legs while in the Army (1 bad airborne jump, falling down a flight of stairs, and falling from the top of a telephone pole), and having similar trouble now. But because for about 20 years in between nothing shows up, they turned down the application.
I had 3 lots, 600 sq. ft., that I had rented ($120.00 per lot, per year), from the City Of Los Angels, Parks And Recreation. I had to give up one lot. Couldn’t afford all 3. I grow my own vegetables, fruit, and flowering plants, now in 400 sq. ft. Besides the rental fees, am always spending money for plants, seeds, plant food, soils, admendments, anti-pest control, and fencing materials.
Though this is more a hobby, than an occupation, is there anything the Farmer Veteran Coalition could do to help? Due to my low income (and not allowed to earn any additional amount of money, due to the V.A.’s non-service connected pension policy), and after paying all my bills (rent, utility bills, auto insurance), and other necessary provisions (food, fuel, truck repairs), what’s left is pennies.
Basically, as a veteran, living on the low pay from non-service connected pension, unable to work, and paying all the necessary bills, not permitted in having a real life. Nothing for hobbies, entertainment, clothing, etc… BTW, most of the clothing I acquire is second hand, usually free, or low cost (hardest thing to find, shoes in good condition, that fit).

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My name is mike Reed, I am a US Navy veteran, and my wife and I have a small hobby farm in NE California. I work full-time as well, and my wife is infirm from a health issue that has left her unable to continue to physically participate in the farm activities, which has left me unable to do much of what I would like to develop and, honestly, clean up our property and get out home built, as much of my finances go to her healthcare. We have a dome kit, but lack the funds and, with my advancing years, strength to build it. Is this the sort of thing that the Coalition can assist in? Unfortunately we live in an old, donated single-wide mobile home, and for her comfort, I would like to see about how we might eventually be able to get the dome built so I can have her in a real home.

I would love information on agriculture programs for veterans. Or maybe grants to create a sustainable farm or for acquiring equipment and tools to accommodate disabled veterans to be able to work small farm properties.
My husband and I have a small 10 acre farm in Arkansas. We plan on chickens and goats for our property, but need a lot of work for it to be able to be used for that. The property had been neglected for near 6 years or more before we purchased and moved here. Being 2 disabled veterans, medically retired, it is a daunting task to clear and clean up the property. Since we need fencing replaced (clearing barbed wire and replacing with woven wire with solar powered electric lines), clearing the three acres of fields for the animals, and leveling of some of the land to avoid flooding in some parts of the fields. Clearing up the mountain spring and creek of trash and debris so that it is clear and potable again. This needs equipment and tools that we cannot afford on our own and we cannot do physically with tools we can get from the local farm stores. We don’t want to hire others or just rent equipment and work to do these things. We want to be able to feel accomplishment in doing it ourselves, even if it is with the help of equipment and tools that are able to allow veterans with disabilities to work a farm and property that would sustain them and help locals with sustainable food and products.