Farm Answers

Angel Cruz and Sara Kidd of North Carolina State University share their Boots on the Ground apprenticeship program for veterans.

bootsontheground.ncsu.edu [website]

Rosie McVeigh and Rachel Slaughter of the Appalachian Resource Conservation and Development Council share their field school, one-on-on consulting, and women farmer learning circles for beginning farmers.

arcd.org [website]

@AppalachianRCD [Facebook]

@AppalachianRCD [Instagram]

Dr. Judy Wu-Smart of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln shares their Great Plains Master Beekeeping Program.

gpmb.unl.edu [website]

@GPMBeekeeping [Facebook]

@Great.PlainsMasterBeekeeping [Instagram]

Christine Johnson of the Michael Fields Agricultural Institute shares their Midwest GRIT program for beginning grain farmers.

michaelfields.org [website]

@MichaelFieldsAgriculturalInstitute [Facebook]

@Michael_Fields_Ag [Instagram]

Lauren Bigelow and Amanda Zee of the San Juan Islands Agricultural Guild share their cultivating success workshop, farmers-to-farmland program, and mentorship program.

sjiagguild.com [website]

@SJIAgGuild [Facebook]

@SJIAgGuild [Instagram]

Kevin Jablonski and Carli Donoghue of the Northern Colorado Foodshed Project share their Farm Business Accelerator program for beginning farmers.

FoodshedProject.org [website]

@NorthernColoradoFoodshedProject [Facebook]

@NoCoFoodshedProject [Instagram]

Oscar Ruiz of Community Through Colors shares their workshops and one-on-one support for beginning farmers in Puerto Rico.

communitythroughcolors.org [website]

@CommunityThroughColors [Facebook]

@CommunityThroughColors [Instagram]

Amanda Hixson of Sierra Harvest shares their mentorship program, beginning farmer courses, farm conference field days and farmer buyer mixer events.

sierraharvest.org [website]

@SierraHarvest [Facebook]

@SierraHarvest [Instagram]

Jerry Raynor of the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) shares their resources for beginning farmers and ranchers.

nrcs.usda.gov [website]

@USDANRCS [Facebook]

@USDA_NRCS [X]

Jiff Martin of the University of Connecticut shares their Solid ground program for beginning farmers.

solidground.extension.uconn.edu [website]