Virginia Farmer Mentoring Programs

 

Virginia Farmer Mentoring Programs

The Virginia Soil Health Coalition, one of our Virginia Beginning Farmer and Rancher Coalition Partners, has compiled a list of Farmer Mentoring Programs across the state including the regions they serve and key points of contact in case you or anyone you know is interested in farming mentorship. You can find more information on their Virginia Farmer Mentor Network webpage or you can directly contact the coordinators for each region. Please help spread the word to your networks!

 

Program Name	Geographic Area	Producer Emphasis	Contact
Virginia Forage and Grassland Council	Chesapeake Bay Watershed	Livestock and Forage Production	Becky Szarzynski beckyszar@yahoo.com 540-461-0969
Virginia No-Till Alliance	Shenandoah Valley	Crop Production	Doug Horn doughorn@vt.edu 540-245-5750
Eastern Shore	Eastern Shore	Crop and Vegetable Production	Mark Reiter mreiter@vt.edu 757-807-6576
Soil Health + Integrated Conservation Agronomy	Southside, Eastern, and Central Virginia	Crop and Livestock Production	Lydia Fitzgerald Lydia.fitzgerald@usda.gov 540-414-4089