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<p class="MsoNormal">Sharing a great opportunity for veterans looking for a job in farming/agriculture and additional education and support for 12-18 months, located in North Carolina. Boots on the Ground: NC Veteran Farmer Apprenticeship is a registered apprenticeship
 program consisting of 2,000 hours of paid on the job training and 144 hours of paid related technical instruction that can be completed over 12-18 months.  Host farms are located all across the state, and some are able to offer housing as well. You can check
 out the host farm profiles <a href="https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcefs.ncsu.edu%2Facademics-and-education%2Fapprenticeships%2Fboots-on-the-ground%2Fapply%2Fhost-farms%2F2022-host-farms%2F&data=04%7C01%7Crobynm%40ncat.org%7C9331842d2612497a45a608da17141687%7C833912b329304964ab4dec38e988d2c4%7C0%7C0%7C637847672298654524%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=NUkfKhoH%2BMyaf3XMdU%2F6FObWLcf2Os2QlVV3%2FDUJP%2Fg%3D&reserved=0">
here.</a> If you are located in NC but don't see a local farm that interests you, we can work with you to locate a host farm nearby.  Please check out the website
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go.ncsu.edu/bootsontheground </a>for more information on the program and the application.  <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">For more information, please contact: Sara Kidd at <a href="mailto:skkidd@ncsu.edu">
skkidd@ncsu.edu</a> or Dr. Angel Cruz, CEFS Academic and Extension Initiatives Manager at 919-513-0954 or
<a href="mailto:aecruz@ncsu.edu">aecruz@ncsu.edu</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#001489;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Robyn Metzger</span><span style="color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#201F1E">Program Specialist/Armed to Farm Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#666666;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">National Center for Appropriate Technology</span><span style="color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</a><a href="https://www.armedtofarm.org/"><span style="color:#0070C0">ARMEDTOFARM.ORG</span></a></span><span style="color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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