To fill the GAP between georgia's aging farmers and the lack of substantial replacements, stag vets, INC., a georgia non-profit 501(c)(3), founded and operated by a retired, minority, disabled…

To fill the GAP between georgia's aging farmers and the lack of substantial replacements, stag vets, INC., a georgia non-profit 501(c)(3), founded and operated by a retired, minority, disabled veteran, MR. JON jackson, serves as the project lead. This collaboration builds on the partnership between comfort farms, central georgia technical college (cgtc), a two-year, regionally accredited institution, and fort valley state university (fvsu), an 1890 land-grant institution to fill existing agricultural sector vacancies with trained veterans seeking careers in the agribusiness supply chain. AG tech to success (agts) intends to provide georgia's veterans with the training required to become agricultural technicians, agribusiness entrepreneurs, and/or independent farmers in order to meet the growing demand for food production on the local, state, and national levels. The collaboration resulted in the creation of a short-term technical certificate of credit (TCC) program consistingof 17 credit hours to get veterans trained quickly and in the job market. The curriculum includes the utilization of cutting edge technologies and innovations that georgia's producers can adopt to help manage their operations. The overarching goal of the agvets proposal is to increase the number of military veterans pursuing knowledge and skills development through comprehensive, hands-on and immersive model farm/ranch program offered regionally that will lead to successful placement in new and emerging careers in the food and agricultural sector. This project headed by a veteran seeking to increase the diversity of veteran farmers, ranchers, and agribusiness entrepreneurs within georgia's economy.