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Free Veteran-Produced Branding, and a Metal Sign for the Gate

Farmer veterans can label their produce as veteran-grown at no cost, and receive a custom-designed metal sign for the property, approved by the state highway department. Certification runs through a national coalition, not through the state.

Verified August 23, 2026

What this benefit is

Farmer veterans can label their produce as veteran-grown at no cost, and receive a custom-designed metal sign for the property, approved by the state highway department. Certification runs through a national coalition, not through the state.

What it's worth: Veteran-produced labelling at no cost, plus a custom metal property sign

  • The state agriculture department adopted the national Homegrown by Heroes branding programme in 2015, enabling farmer veterans to market local agricultural products labelled as veteran-produced.
  • Eligibility is stated as veteran, active duty, National Guard or Reserve member status in the United States armed forces.
  • The programme is free to join.
  • Participants receive a metal sign for their property approved by the state highway and transportation department, listing them and the property as part of the programme, custom-designed for each participant.
  • The route in is three steps: join the farmer veteran coalition, enrol in the national Homegrown by Heroes programme through that coalition, then notify the state grown and state made programmes by joining their platform.
  • The national certification is run by the coalition, not by the state department; the state manages the state-level branding.
  • A scholarship sits alongside the programme, funded by the farm credit associations of the state. At the time of reading, the scholarship was closed.
  • The contact address published for the programme is 1 Natural Resources Drive, Little Rock, on 501-225-1598.

Who is entitled to it

  • This record is about the person who served.
  • Your home is in this state.

Not sure whether that describes you?

Answer a few questions about this benefit specifically — we only ask what this one actually depends on, and we stop as soon as we know.

How to claim it

Deadline: Scholarship rounds open and close; the label itself is open
  1. 1Start with the coalition, not the state. The state department cannot certify you — the national coalition does, and the state branding follows the certification.
  2. 2Ask for the metal sign explicitly once certified. It is the concrete part of the programme and it is easy to complete the branding steps without ever requesting it.
  3. 3Enrol in the state grown and state made platform as the third step. Missing it leaves you certified nationally and invisible locally.
  4. 4Watch for the scholarship reopening — it is funded by farm credit associations rather than by the state, so its rounds do not follow the state budget calendar.
  5. 5Note the eligibility is wider than veteran status: active duty, Guard and Reserve members are named too.
File with
Farmer Veteran Coalition first, then the state grown programme
Documents you will need
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Periodic
Re-confirmed from time to time.
CorrectionThis is branding, not finance. Guides that file it under farm funding mislead: the department names no state loan, no state grant and no land route for veteran farmers, and the one financial element on the page is a privately funded scholarship that was closed when read.
Worth knowingBecause certification is national, the rules that bind — the ownership and management share a farmer veteran must hold in the operation — are set outside the state and can change without a state announcement.

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