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New Program Trains Veterans For Agriculture Jobs

U.S. Army veteran and program participant Ryan McGrath (left) gives a tour of the IFAS Gulf Coast Research And Education Center.
Veterans Florida
U.S. Army veteran and program participant Ryan McGrath (left) gives a tour of the IFAS Gulf Coast Research and Education Center.

A Veterans Florida program is getting a $745,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to give veterans experience planning, planting and harvesting.

Michelle Corum joined WJCT as "Morning Edition" host in 2012 and has worked in public broadcasting as an announcer and reporter for public radio stations in Lawrence, Kansas, and Interlochen, Michigan. She also manages WJCT's Radio Reading Service for sight-impaired listeners.