Mindi Anderson is the President, Executive Director and Founder of the Idaho Veterans Chamber of Commerce. Navigation Services is one of the programs offered by the Chamber. In this podcast episode Mindi talks about those services her organization provides for veterans, military individuals still serving, those transitioning, and their family members. She then talked about the services that would be most valuable for the veteran in agriculture, those who might wish to start a specialty food business and then she discussed the Operation Freedom Crossroads project. There have been several farmers interested in having a tiny home placed on their property for the veterans helping out on the farms. This is a developing topic of discussion so stay tuned.

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Resources:

Veteran Services | Idaho Veterans Chamber of Commerce

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University of Idaho Extension and the Farmer Veteran Coalition of Idaho Chapter are committed to improving the economic opportunities and quality of life for military veterans choosing agriculture as their next mission.

The Idaho Harvest Heroes Podcast delivers production, marketing, financial, legal and human risk management education to new and beginning veteran farmers and ranchers through stories directly from experienced veteran producers.

In each episode, we highlight veterans who have reduced their risks through diversification, innovation, creativity, and who have successfully navigated relevant state, regional and federal USDA programs supporting veteran and new and beginning producers.

This podcast is funded by a grant from the Western Extension Risk Management Education Center and is one part of our planned efforts to utilize peer to peer learning and a regional approach to connect Idaho’s farmer veterans with risk management education and each other.