Specialty Crop

In 2020, CWC was awarded a grant from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture’s Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program to develop the CWC Wind River Farm Incubator. Participants have access to land, infrastructure, tools, and support to launch their own small farm.

Goals of the project are to train beginning farmers to grow locally produced foods by developing financially and environmentally sustainable farm businesses and to expand employment and business opportunities while providing local communities with affordable, sustainable fruits, vegetables, meats, and other farm-raised products (see Central Wyoming College Rustler Produce listing above).

See the USDA NIFA Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program in the National section for information about that program. Also see the USDA Farmers Market Promotion Program listing in the National section for mention of Central Wyoming College’s food economy resiliency program.