FARRMS Mentorship
Create Connections and Advance Production Skills
Are you interested in gaining real-time insights from your peers and local farmer mentors?
You have worked to build the foundation of your farm business, and now you’re ready to advance your skills by working with a mentor. The FARRMS Summer Mentorship program is specifically curated for current sustainable producers who know that the best solutions often come from their community.
Whether you have questions about planting techniques, harvest strategies, managing a busy farm, or even staying healthy during the season, this program connects you with local, seasoned farmers who share your passion and understand the unique variables of our region.
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Peer Insights: Learn from your mentor and a supportive peer group, gaining valuable insights and building relationships that will empower you throughout the growing season.
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Low Commitment: Designed by farmers, for farmers. The commitment is flexible, averaging 4 hours per month from May to October.
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No Cost: Thanks to our generous sponsors, this professional development is entirely free.
Gain the perspective you need to make this your most resilient season yet.
Mentorship Benefits
What to Expect
What Past Participants Are Saying
“We were paired with someone who had already taken the steps we’re going through now. Building that connection gave us clarity and confidence we wouldn’t have had on our own.”
“Being surrounded by supportive mentors and a small group of peers made it easy to connect and learn from one another. The relationships we built will last a lifetime.”
“Having someone walk me through the details of starting my farm business, from paperwork to registering my farm name, took away so much fear and uncertainty. It made the process feel manageable.”
Thank you to our sponsor, Tito's Handmade Vodka!
Tito's Handmade Vodka's Fourteen Acres™ Farm was built for the team at their distillery in Austin, Texas with this concept in mind: create an environment where fresh food is accessible. From lunch cooked onsite using produce from the farm to weekly farmers markets stocked with produce for employees to take home. Since the farm was established, it has grown from salvaged pieces and spare parts to a thriving farm of raised beds, hoop houses, greenhouses, captured rainwaters, and so much more including the inspiration behind the Love, Tito's Block to Block program. This program continues to seek ways to reconnect communities, one block at a time through working with local nonprofits across the US to create, improve, and enhance community gardens and urban farms, volunteering time and offering support to nurture neighborhood spaces and unite communities.
In 2025, through another initiative, the Passion Projects grants, Tito's gifted FARRMS $45,000 to help support farmers learning from fellow farmers, through the Farm Beginnings Course and Mentorship Program. To learn more about Tito's and the ways they are spreading love and goodness in their communities through Love, Tito's - the philanthropic heart of Tito's Handmade Vodka, visit: titosvodka.com/love-titos