NCAT’s Armed to Farm program helps veterans get started in agriculture

In 2003, David Sturman and Tracy Mumma bought a worn-out piece of farm ground under the Mission Mountains that featured patches of neck-high thistles and lands grazed so hard that the earth was laid bare in places.

But the seeds that could remake that farmland into something productive were still there. They were just waiting under the surface for the nurturing that would bring them back to life.

"When we bought this place, if you sneezed, five fence posts would fall over," Sturman said. "There weren’t any bank loans involved with what we’ve been able to do here. It’s all sweat equity, and lots of it."

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