Oct 15, 2009State Program Teaches Agriculture to Homeless Veterans
A new program is preparing homeless veterans in Michigan for careers in agriculture.
Veterans to Agriculture – which administrators say is the only program of its kind in the country – began in September when the Michigan Department of Energy, Labor & Economic Growth partnered with Michigan State University under the state’s No Worker Left Behind initiative to train veterans for agricultural jobs. Detroit News
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