Growing mission: Veterans turn to farming

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By Marissa Nall / Friday, March 4th, 2016 / Comments Off on Growing mission: Veterans turn to farming

Lawrence Parkhill works for Mission Produce. He co-founded Veteran Farmers of America. Ventura County farms and agribusinesses have a new pool of candidates to fill a growing list of job openings — veterans. Since 2012, Veteran Farmers of America has facilitated more than a dozen internships for veterans with local growers like Mission Produce, McGrath…

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