Ag Workforce Development Program

As a state-funded apprenticeship program for food producers, we've connected aspiring farmers to meaningful paid mentorship opportunities with established agriculture and ranching operations. Host farmers or ranchers are reimbursed up to $10,000 for each apprentice and can have a maximum of two per year.

75

Apprentices have finished the program since 2021

60%

Were offered post-apprenticeship jobs

46

Host farms or ranches found workers

Contact

Maritza Broce, Project Manager
520-621-9431
mbroce@arizona.edu

Resources

Apprentice

"My goal one day is to be part of a farmer collective or own my own farm. I hope to learn effective growing methods for the desert southwest, a little about marketing/selling produce to vendors, and how to tackle obstacles that inevitably arise while farming.”

– Ashton I. Westover Farm Apprentice

Events

There are currently no upcoming events for this program.

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