Veterans Restoring Land and Purpose
[ About ]■
Boots to Roots equips military veterans with hands-on training, mentorship, and career pathways in regenerative grazing, restoring land while strengthening communities.
[ WHY THIS MATTERS ]■
America faces a growing shortage of ranchers and land stewards at a time when working lands are under increasing pressure from wildfire, drought, degraded soils, and declining agricultural resilience.
At the same time, many veterans leave military service searching for renewed purpose, meaningful work, and strong community.
Boots to Roots exists to bridge those two challenges by training veterans to become the next generation of regenerative grazing practitioners and land managers.
[ What WE DO ]Train Veterans
Boots to Roots provides immersive training programs focused on regenerative grazing, adaptive land management, livestock operations, and ecological stewardship.
Build Community
Boots to Roots connects veterans, ranchers, landowners, researchers, and partners working together to steward land and strengthen communities.
Restore & Steward Working Lands
Through adaptive grazing practices, Boots to Roots helps improve soil health, water infiltration, biodiversity, and landscape resilience while reducing wildfire fuel loads.
[ PROGRAMS ]
Hands-on Training
Boots to Roots’ programs combine classroom education, field-based learning, mentorship, leadership development, and practical grazing management experience.
Programs include:
DoW Skillbridge opportunities
Short-term immersive training
Master Grazier Fellowships (6-12 months)
Field implementation experience
Ranch and land stewardship mentorship
Veteran Grazing Coalition
Boots to Roots is building a National Network of Veteran Land Stewards.
The Veteran Grazing Coalition is a growing network of veterans, ranchers, nonprofits, landowners, educators, and partners advancing regenerative grazing and adaptive land stewardship across the country.
Continue the mission with Boots to Roots
Whether you are a transitioning service member, rancher, partner organization, or supporter, there is a place for you in this work.
[ ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ]