Awards issued prior to january 20, 2025, were funded under previous administrations and may not reflect the priorities and policies of the current administration.** the vetcorps program with not…

Awards issued prior to january 20, 2025, were funded under previous administrations and may not reflect the priorities and policies of the current administration.** the vetcorps program with not forgotten outreach is meant to train veterans and their families in useful, innovative and industry standard agriculutral techniques. Participation in this program is meant to prepare them for jobs in the agriculutral industry, their own projects in the AG industry, their own commercial farms and their own subsistence farms. This will be done with experiential training anddirect training from subject matter experts. NFO will deliver training in standard farming and row crops, hydroponics, animal husbandry, beekeeping, regenerative agriculture and habitat restoration, marketing and business. The vetcorps program will also deliver holistic health workshops and recreational opportunities to participants in the forms of yoga, equine therapy, art and edmr therapy. NFO plans to include the community in program endeavors, not only to be a part of the community and serving IT, but to offer quality reintegration to vetcorps participants.veterans rotating out of military life face many challenges. Post traumatic stress is pervasive and causes serious problems that have a ripple effect within society. The now ubiquitous number 22 is known by many to symbolize the number of veterans who take their lives every day. The vetcorps program addresses the profound need in this country to serve its veterans and ease them back into civilian life. IT also addresses the practical need to fill the thousands of agriculutral jobs available. Veterans have already demonstrated a willingness to be stewards of the united states in one capacity. Vetcorps helps them transition to another form of stewardshipby ensuring the food security of the country while simultaneously helping themselves with dirt therapy . Dirt therapy is the care, maintenance, planting and harvesting of produce at the NFO community garden and other quadrants of thefarm. Vetcorps members aretaught to serve their community and do so by feeding their community with healthy produce they have grown.not forgotten outreach is wholly committed to tracking the success of the program through 3RD party entities such as the I2I institute and by frequent surveys of participants. NFO is fully prepared to make adjustments, changes and additions to the program per the feedback of the participants and recommendations of thirdparty contractors. IT is the goal of NFO to be a prestigious programveterans and community members can look to for quality instruction, compassion, health and community resources, public service and community nutrition.