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Fayetteville Sustainable Agri-Training Program For U.S. Veterans Goes National

J. Froelich
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KUAF
Veterans and NCAT staff examine a pasture poultry egg production wagon at Across the Creek Farm in south Washington County.

The "Armed to Farm" program deployed by the National Center For Appropriate Technology office in Fayetteville, has trained hundreds of U.S. veterans sustainable farming skills from managing farm financials to flocks. Now the project is taking root across the county. We catch up with some veterans-in-training at "Across the Creek Farm" in south Washington County.

Jacqueline Froelich is an investigative reporter and news producer for Ozarks at Large.