A living map of organizations serving veterans, transitioning service members, and military families — built for advocacy, connection, and navigation.
4 organizations
Free sustainable agriculture training program from the National Center for Appropriate Technology (NCAT) — has supported 1,000+ veterans since 2013 through week-long hands-on workshops in organic farming, business planning, livestock, marketing, and USDA programs. Hosted at locations across the country in partnership with universities and the U.S. Botanic Garden. Free to all eligible veterans.
Serves: Rural veterans
The leading organization mobilizing veterans to feed America — provides direct financial assistance through the Farmer Veteran Fellowship Fund for veterans in their beginning years of farming or ranching, runs the H.I.V.E. (Holistic Impactful Veteran Engagement) 12-day immersive program, and operates the Homegrown by Heroes labeling program to help veteran farmers market their products.
Serves: All veterans, Rural veterans
501(c)(3) founded by Army wife Michelle Lang to connect rural veterans — 4.4 million of whom are chronically underserved — to local resources, community, and in-person events right where they live. Runs a national resource library, interactive map, online community, and annual multi-state events bringing VA, American Legion, mental health, and telehealth resources directly into rural communities. A Vietnam veteran at their first event said: 'This is the first time since I came home that I feel seen and my service appreciated.'
Serves: Rural veterans
VA program office established by Congress in 2006 under 38 U.S. Code 7308 to address the health care access challenges facing rural veterans. Roughly 4.7 million rural and highly rural veterans live in the United States, with approximately 2.7 to 2.8 million enrolled in and relying on VA health care; more than half are over 65, and rural veterans face higher rates of chronic conditions and higher suicide rates than urban counterparts. ORH operates on a research, innovate, and disseminate model, funding field-tested programs through Veterans Rural Health Resource Centers and scaling the strongest as Rural Promising Practices or Enterprise-Wide Initiatives. Key focus areas are workforce shortages, transportation, primary care, mental health, telehealth, and specialty care. Does not serve veterans directly — it builds and spreads the programs that reach them, which is why a rural veteran should ask their VA facility what ORH-funded services are available locally.
Serves: All veterans, Rural veterans
