LENOIR CITY, Tenn. — The Tennessee Department of Agriculture rolled out a one-stop shop of online resources to help veterans looking to get into farming. The webpage connects veteran farmers with education materials, training and funding opportunities to either start or grow their agriculture operations.

"Whether it is livestock, fruit and vegetable production, anything in the range of agriculture, we've got resources for that here," Kacey Troup, a TDA business consultant, said. "It's all housed here in one location, easy to find, easy to navigate, that will connect them to all of the different resources that they're going to need to be successful."

Troup said veteran resources have been around for countless years. However, there wasn't a central hub for it all, making it more difficult

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