Upcoming events
The annual Frontline to Farm Beginning Farmer Veteran Training will be held June 9-13 of 2025 in Boone, NC. See poster.
Apply here to the Beginning Farmer Veteran Training
The annual Frontline to Farm Alumni Training will be held June 12-13 of 2025 in Boone, NC. See poster.
Apply here to the Alumni Training
Applications are being accepted!
Past events
Frontline to Farm Beginner and Alumni Trainings
- When: June 24-28, 2024
- Where: Boone, N.C.
Frontline to Farm Beginner and Alumni Trainings
- When: June 11-16, 2023
- Where: Boone, N.C.
The National Center for Appropriate Technology (NCAT) partnered with Appalachian State University’s Frontline to Farm program to bring its Frontline to Farm Beginner and Alumni Trainings to North Carolina for the second time.
Many first time trainees and alumnis joined us our Farmer Veteran Training to learn about business planning, budgeting, recordkeeping, marketing, USDA programs, livestock production, fruit and vegetable production and more. Participants were given the oppurunity to tour many farms accross the high country, and alumnis were invited back for our networking dinner at Shipley Farms. They gain a strong foundation in the basic principles of operating a sustainable farm. In addition, Armed to Farm attendees join a nationwide network of supportive farmer-veterans and agricultural advisors.
This training is for veterans in the Southeast, with preference given to those in North Carolina. Learn more
Armed to Farm
- When: July 24 – 29, 2022
- Where: Boone, N.C.
The National Center for Appropriate Technology (NCAT) is partnering with Appalachian State University’s Frontline to Farm program to bring its Armed to Farm training to North Carolina for the first time.
Armed to Farm participants learn about business planning, budgeting, recordkeeping, marketing, USDA programs, livestock production, fruit and vegetable production and more. Participants gain a strong foundation in the basic principles of operating a sustainable farm. In addition, Armed to Farm attendees join a nationwide network of supportive farmer-veterans and agricultural advisors.
This training is for veterans in the Southeast, with preference given to those in North Carolina. Learn more
Visiting Author, Mari K. Eder:
- When: Thursday February 24, 2022
- Where: Plemmons Student Union, room 169
Author and US Army Maj. Gen. Mari K. Eder will explore the topic of change and that space between what was and what will be through the stories of women who served in WWII. Their transition to civilian life serves as a framework for discussing modern-day transformation in the midst of a pandemic. What will transform and what will be left behind?
Sponsored by the Appalachian State University Military Affairs Committee, Student Veteran Services, and Department of Military Science and Leadership. More info here