Growing Veterans was founded by a combat wounded USMC veteran of Iraq and Afghanistan, Christopher Brown, and a former mental health counselor turned farmer, Christina Wolf. Together, they agreed using the farm as the catalyst for human connection and veteran reintegration could have a powerful impact on the health and well being of not only vets returning home, but the world. They were crazy enough to believe it could happen, and just smart enough to pull it off.

Today we work from our main farm in Lynden, WA. Situated in the beautiful Pacific Northwest, between the Cascade Mountain Range and the Puget Sound, our certified organic farm serves as the cornerstone for Growing Veterans. This is where our peer-support and community engagement ethos come to life. We invite folks from all over the community to come and join us, because it’s impossible for a veteran to fully come home without being an active member of their community again. Vet's are welcomed home, stereotypes are broken, and friendships are formed.

In 2020 we launched our first "outpost" farm on Greenbank Whidbey Island, WA located just 20 minutes from NASWI.

Questions? Want to volunteer? Contact our Farm Manager, Sean Dalgarn: dalgarn@growingveterans.org

*In 2018 Growing Veterans was awarded the Guidestar Platinum rating . The highest level of recognition offered by GuideStar, the Platinum Seal of Transparency, demonstrates our focus on measuring outcomes year over year, as well as sound financial transparency and integrity. Your support of Growing Veterans is met by our continued stewardship of this mission.

Growing Veterans

Our vision is to end the isolation that leads to veteran suicide.

Veteran Variety Show, a night of fun at Blue Fox Drive-In Theater

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