Healing veterans and first responders through real farm work. Mentoring youth. Feeding the community
We are a veteran-led therapeutic farm where healing happens with animals, gardens, peer support, and purpose. All core programs are free for veterans and first responders.
WHAT THIS PLACE IS
This is a veteran-led therapeutic farm. Healing happens through real farm work with animals, gardens, peer support, and purpose. This is not a waiting room. The work does not care about your rating. Core programs are free for veterans and first responders.
DOCTRINE / NORTH STAR
Scars into strength. Never leave a comrade behind. We believe in faith, work, animals, and purpose. No grand promises. Just a place to keep showing up, do the work, and find solid ground.
HOW THE PROGRAM WORKS
SHOW UP AND WORK
Start with a task. Feed an animal. Mend a fence. Let the day give you something solid to do.
ANIMALS FIRST
Care for the animals before anything else. Their needs set the pace.
QUIET GROUND
There is room to breathe. Stories come when the man is ready.
GROW SOMETHING
The garden is a flagship healing space. Work the soil. Watch something grow. Take that feeling with you.
Explore what we offer
Animal & Equestrian Therapy
First-Responder PTO Recovery Days
Garden Therapy
Jr. Farmer Ag Program
Peer Support & Story Circle
Regenerative Co-op Food Shares
Scars of Valor Foundation is a 501(c)(3) therapeutic farm and education center at the Country Learning Center site in Tuscola, Illinois.
Founded by Bradley Ingram, Major (Ret), we provide hands-on, veteran-led healing for veterans and first responders through animal companionship, garden work, peer support, and storytelling. We also mentor local youth through the Jr. Farmer Ag Program and host the Country Learning Center preschool on our grounds.
We operate as a regenerative community membership co-op modeled after Grass Roots Farmers’ Cooperative. Members purchase customizable subscription boxes and 1/16th shares of pasture-raised beef, goat meat, and garden produce. Revenue sustains the farm and keeps all core healing programs free for those who served.
Our north star is full renewal by 2029: a self-sustaining hub where veterans heal, youth gain real skills, and the community is fed and strengthened.
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