About

​The Veteran's Farm of NC, Inc. is a farm designed and dedicated to returning service members to instruct and train them on all aspects of agriculture. VFNC helps them learn anything they wish to learn through on farm production models of sustainable livestock production and organic vegetable production. Other mentorship opportunities with conventional farms are utilized for specialized interests for veterans wishing to learn about other avenues of farm production models. VFNC allows veterans to become heroes in life for a second time by helping them transition into becoming farmers for tomorrow.

Who we are & what we do.

Established in 2015
​The Veteran's Farm of NC, Inc. is a 501 C-3 non-profit organization, dedicated to assisting veterans in becoming successful farmers in North Carolina. Our main goal is to alleviate the issues veterans face in transition to civilian life as well as helping to eradicate many of the problems that agriculture faces today by introducing a new breed of farmers for America's future food necessities.
Our Goal
Our main goal is to alleviate the issues veterans face in transition to civilian life as well as helping to eradicate many of the problems that agriculture faces today by introducing a new breed of farmers for America's future food necessities.

Our Team

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​Executive Director.
Robert Elliott returned home in 2011 from serving five years of active duty in the Marine Corps and 10 years as a contractor for the Department of Defense working with Marines. Upon returning home, he began to farm on his family's land after attempting an unsuccessful return into the civilian world. With almost nothing but his family's blessing, he built a small farming operation producing meats to the general public. 
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He found peace and meaningful work on the farm, and it was immediately apparent as to the value of farming in his life. Soon into his farming career, Robert began to be pursued by media outlets wanting to write stories about the Marine who came home to farm and found solace while building a successful business. When the stories went public, veterans in NC and across the country began to contact him to learn how to become farmers and do what he did. The time he spent working with each veteran individually gave way to the idea that veterans could save the world of agriculture in all forms and with all of its problems. 
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Pitching the idea to any and everyone, the basic model of The Veteran's Farm of NC, Inc. was born. VFNC would be a place where veterans could come and learn about what farming was all about and take skills and ideas back to their operations. Today, VFNC has served hundreds of veterans from basic phone calls to assist vets find resources, to one-on-one in-person counseling and business development, and now with on farm training on the home farm of VFNC, now located in Shannon, NC.

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