Heroic Food Sustainable Farmer Training: Full Year Immersion Program

Apply now for Heroic Food’s 2016 Full Year Immersion (FYI) program, a comprehensive sustainable beginning farmer training program located in Columbia County, New York. This training is suitable for post-9/11 veterans; other Heroic Food trainings are suitable for all veterans. Extensive hands-on training and supplemental instruction. Peer housing on the Heroic Food Farm. Spouses are welcome.
Program includes:

• 8 month paid apprenticeship/training positions on local mentor farms
•  9 week winter course in holistic farm planning and management through the Hawthorne Valley Learning Center
• Supplemental hands-on farm skills training
• Farm related trade skills workshops (welding, irrigation, construction)
• Online courses through the Cornell Small Farms
• Sustainability and resources conservation workshops
• Tours of local farms
• Veteran peer support, and access to veteran services

Program starts March 15 – Apply now!
For more information and to apply, visit https://www.heroicfood.org/copy-of-programs.