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
Resources
Hosts
Reimbursement for up to two paid apprentices per year who perform meaningful work that encourages professional growth.
Program Details
For more information about the program, including eligibility requirements for hosts and apprentices.
"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