Get Involved with Our Veterans’ Boots to Business New Hope Project. Join Us and Help Fight the War on Hunger.  We have been working on taking a 180 acre template of raw ground and turning it back into productive Ranch & Farm operation to help East Texas Veterans, their families and those in the community in need. 

It is a mission minded project out in the country away from the hustle and bustle to help those returning from deployment to learn to be agricultural entrepreneurs and small business owners of ranches and farms that will help feed Our America. 

 ‘New Hope is Blessed to have the opportunity to do a pilot program, also known as a trial run, in East Texas, on some Veteran Owned Land, for the volunteer operated Veterans’ Working Ranch & Farm to Fork, Equine Facilitated Mental Health Programs for those in need, in East Texas. This is a grass roots community project, it can only be as good as the community effort put into it. This is a network of neighbors helping neighbors to bring New Hope to those in need by those who have some time or resources to offer coming together for a common goal. 

We have a 5 year lease to see if  we can bring the community together in participation on a 90 acres parcel of raw ground to clear and turn into producing ground from a blank template of desert red dirt road and weeds. A perfect template to create a get away for the veterans in the community. A Place for small groups of young ranching and farming candidates to come learn where their food comes from, those without livestock and opportunity to learn and compete if they chose and so much more.  Leased  to our non profit  501c3 for the purpose of restoring the land, while offering multiple curriculums to educate about how to grow and raise your own food. Hands on experience, that a device (cell phone or computer)                                         can not offer you.                  

Hands in the dirt, and sweet on the brow are part of the therapeutic process of restoring the land and is the best form of hands on education while learning a trade starting with running lines for water and power, Sod Busting the dirt for crops, Clearing the fields of trees etc. Driving posts and stretching the fence to secure the livestock, building shelters, clearing pastures and trails for horse back riding, learning to ride and passing your wrangler training to be able to compete or trail ride and so much more!  There will be member based program in the future, However we believe  those who put in the work, have a say in who shares in the yield, of the harvests and those hard working volunteers get to enjoy the spoils of the down time, The times where you bring your guitar, cook out on the fire, have some smores and maybe fit in a night ride! 

Offering Credit for Community Service Hours, Accepting internship applications, If you, your family or business can help on this mission please contact UnitedAnimalIndustries@Gmial.com                                                         Subject Line “New Hope Project”   

New Hope Pilot Project-Veteran Owned Land, leased  to a  Volunteer Based non profit  501c3                 

United Animal Industries for multi purpose programs involved in restoring the land, while offering a plethora of curriculums to educate about how to grow, raise, harvest and preserve your own food with in the Veterans’ Working Ranch & Farm to Fork, Equine Facilitated Mental Health Programs for those in need, in East Texas

Examples of many projects under way-

The land owner and volunteers turned this weedy desert field into a now growing 150 Tree, Fruit & Nut Orchard                                                     

Thank You Renee Lingard with Backyard Farmn “Farmn’ Cuz Starvn’ Sucks” for the Discounts on Producing  Trees, Bushes, Berries, Grapes & Garden Goodies!

Orchard Before and After Pics

If you would like to contribute to the care and upkeep of the orchard We are accepting help with the water bill, hoses and hose connector parts, lawn mower repair parts and labor to repair the mower that keeps the orchard maintained. Choose “Orchard and Garden Fund”  in the drop down menu All donations are Tax Deductable  https://donate.stripe.com/bIY5nbeEx0Bj8PS5kn 

Pasture 1- Previously a paved parking lot that was full of nothing but trees, dense brush, weeds and chunks of pavement when we started.         See some progress to the mission of restoring soils, to producing ground that helps feed various protein source’s, that will help feed East Texas communities.

We want to Thank the Anonymous Donors who provided work for the local Ag Communities, Heartfelt Thank You for Donations which covered the expense of  Herbicides, Fertilizer, Pro Cal Liguid Lime and the Contracted Labor like James from Cherokee Warehouse & Ronnie Jones who came to Spray ALL the Fields for the first time.

Thank the Anonymous Donors who provided wage’s for one of our next generation farmers.

Contract Labor for one of our local Young Farmers 16 year old Dawson Lankford, barrowed dads (Thanks Rocky Lankford) tractor and                      15 ft batwing brush buster to top of the dead weeds and  little brush before they went to seed and gave us more weeds, on all viable possibilities’ places for pasture or hay on the whole 190 acres.

Thank YOU! Dawson for being an inspiration for the next generation Farmer/Rancher helping get the ball rolling on the fields which allows grass to see enough sunlight to start thriving and producing feed (pasture/hay) to be used as feed for protein sources. 

Thank you Anonymous Volunteers for helping  remove  tons  of asphalt and trash as well as many hours of chain saw work to remove the large pines and thistle trees from the  middle of the future pasture and hayfields

Pasture 1 Before and After Pics

If you would like to contribute to the care and upkeep of pasture 1    We are accepting help with donations for the diesel fuel, fertilizer and labor to have it bush hogged and sprayed again, We are also accepting scheduled volunteers with a grabble or bucket on bob cat/ tractor to help remove pavement chunks so it can later be turned into hay fields safe for the equiptment to bale. The pastures feed the protein sources who help feed the food insecure. The hay fields will also produce hay to help farmers and ranchers affected by man made and natural disasters in emergency need of assistence or their livestock. Please See the paypal button drop down and choose “Pasture and Hay Field Production Fund'” to contribute to the upkeep of hte improving fields. All donations are Tax Deductable https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=5BTLEC2WLUS8L .

Pasture 2- Before and After Pics, Previously a paved turn around drive and parking that was full of nothing but trees, dense brush, weeds and pavement chunks when we started.   See some progress to the mission of restoring soils, to producing ground that helps feed various protein source’s, that will help feed  East Texas communities.

We want to Thank the Anonymous Donors who provided work for the local Ag Communities, Thank You for Donations which covered the expense of            Herbicides, Fertilizer, Pro Cal Liguid Lime and the Contracted Labor like James from Cherokee Warehouse & Ronnie Jones who came to Spray ALL the Fields for the first time .

Thank the Anonymous Donors who provided wage’s for one of our next generation farmers.

Contract Labor for one of our local Young Farmers 16 year old Dawson Lankford, barrowed dads (Thanks Rocky Lankford) tractor and                      15 ft batwing brush buster to top of the dead weeds and  little brush before they went to seed and gave us more weeds, on all viable possibilities’ places for pasture or hay on the whole 190 acres.

Thank YOU! this allows grass to see enough sunlight to start thriving and producing feed for protein sources. 

Thank you Anonymous Volunteers for helping  remove  tons  of asphalt and trash as well as many hours of chain saw work to remove the large pines and thistle trees from the  middle of the future pasture and hayfields

If you would like to contribute to the care and upkeep of pasture 2 We are accepting help with donations for the diesel fuel, fertilizer and labor to have it bush hogged and sprayed again, We are also accepting scheduled volunteers with a grabble or bucket on bob cat/ tractor to help remove pavement chunks so it can later be turned into hay fields safe for the equiptment to bale. The pastures feed the protein sources who help feed the food insecure. The hay fields will produce hay to help farmers and ranchers affected by man made and natural disasters in emergency need of assistence or their livestock. Please See the paypal button drop down and choose “Pasture and Hay Field Production Fund'” to contribute to the upkeep of the improving fields. All donations are Tax Deductable https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=5BTLEC2WLUS8L 

Pasture 3/Hayfield 1 was overgrown but the best candidate to start in Hay Production See some progress to the mission of restoring soils, to producing ground that helps feed various protein source’s, that will help feed East Texas communities.

We want to Thank the Anonymous Donors who provided work for the local Ag Communities, Thank You for Donations which covered the expense of            Herbicides, Fertilizer, Pro Cal Liguid Lime and the Contracted Labor like James from Cherokee Warehouse & Ronnie Jones who came to Spray ALL the Fields for the first time .

Thank the Anonymous Donors who provided wage’s for one of our next generation farmers.

CONGRATULATIONS **KADEN JONES!**

United Animal Industries was Honored to Support 5th Generation Rancher/Farmer Kaden Jones ad on for his class!                                       This 15 year old Young Man and his 10 year old cousin **Junior Jones** are a TRUE INSPIRATION                                                                           for their generation of agricultural leaders to come!

Thank You Donors & Sponsors for helping us support local Ag community with ability to hire those always going the extra mile                                      Contracted labor but More a Good Neighbor! 

You see Grandparents (Thanks Ronnie & Lisa Jones) and Parents (Thanks JJ & Heather Jones) are raisin them up right over there. 

Mannerly, Hard Working Bunch we hired to help restore the fields, who give it their all, to do a good job, no matter what the job was we added to, the to do list, they always went over and above, what they were paid, from fence clearings, moving bales or other heavy stuff for us,

Watching these young men running the mower, rake and bailer that turned this desert full of weeds into a crop to feed a protein source, that will feeds the hungry is a true inspiration for other next generation  agricultural leaders.

Thank you Anonymous Volunteers for helping  remove  tons  of asphalt and trash as well as many hours of chain saw work to remove the large pines and thistle trees from the  middle of the future pasture and hayfields

If you would like to contribute to the care and upkeep of pasture 3/hay field 1 We are accepting help with donations for the diesel fuel, fertilizer and labor to have it mowed, raked, baled and put up. We are also accepting scheduled volunteers for weed eating, chainsawing and clearing outter edges of hay fields for cross fencing. The pastures/hay field feeds the protein sources, that help feed the food insecure. The hay fields will produce hay to help farmers and ranchers affected by man made and natural disasters in emergency need of assistence for their livestock. Please See the paypal button drop down and choose “Pasture and Hay Field Production Fund'” to contribute to the upkeep of the improving fields. All donations are Tax Deductable https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=5BTLEC2WLUS8L

 Teaching the next generation where their food comes from while teaching basic animal husbandry of Ranch & Farm animals.

Huge Shout Out of Thanks to Debbie for the materials to build a chicken house and laying boxes (pictures to come) when completed.

Thank You Cherokee Warehouse for the discounted pallets to help with the frames on the critter shelters and to keep the hay bales off the ground as well as discounted safeguard dewormer for everyones weaning dose to remove any possible parasites.

If you would like to contribute towards feeding the Animal Education Activities Critters Its $22 a bag for textured sweat feed “14% ”, hog grower, chicken layn mesh and $15 a bag for cracked corn. This project requires 4 bags of each, every week. Please See the paypal button drop down and choose “Animal Education Activities'” to contribute to the feed bill for the protein sources and their producers. All donations are Tax Deductable https://donate.stripe.com/bIY5nbeEx0Bj8PS5kn

Huge Shout Out of Thanks to Art Hanson for donating his time, equiptment and fuel to help break ground on a 200 by 100 Garden Space  as well as helping us drill the whole to set the mail box for the new location.

Huge Thank you to Linda for getting us started with your huge donation of various size canning jars, that will be used to help teach how to preserve produce from the trees and garden. 

  Thank You Renee Lingard with Backyard Farmn “Farmn’ Cuz Starvn’ Sucks” for the donated seeds & Discounts on Garden Goodies!     

Please Contact us if you would like to participate or have seconds on seeds or plants you would like to contribute to the cause. We Apriciate your support!Please See the paypal button drop down and choose “Orchard and Garden Fund'”for  this seasons seed, starts, fertilizer, preen and water. All donations are Tax Deductable https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=5BTLEC2WLUS8L .