Tuition Assistance

We Help Make Academies Affordable

All Soil Health Academy participants already receive tuition assistance. You do not need to apply separately for a scholarship to receive reduced-cost tuition. Thanks to the support of donors and partners, the price you see for each academy reflects only a portion of the true cost of delivering this education.

Our goal is simple: cost should never be the barrier to learning how to regenerate land, improve soil health, and build resilient food systems.

Additional Support for Military & Veterans

In addition to built-in tuition assistance for all attendees, active-duty military members and veterans may qualify for additional financial support through dedicated funding set aside to honor their service.

If you are currently serving or have previously served in the armed forces, we encourage you to indicate this in the application below so we can share available options.

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Soil Health Academy is committed to providing education that empowers regeneration of our farms and food systems by understanding soil health as fundamental to agricultural practices. But there’s more. Successful implementation of soil health principles drive successful resource conservation, nutrient dense foods, and water quality or water mitigation issues. The fact is that understanding soil health function plays a critical role in any natural resource management.

Because understanding soil health principles is vital to agriculture, SHA has always worked hard to get farmers and ranchers the education that helps them reduce inputs, build resilience, and secure their livelihoods at the lowest cost possible. And now, with soil health awareness and its connection to the health of our food systems growing, plus an acknowledgement that sound natural resource management starts with soil health principles, it’s time to expand our reach and invite more people to the table as affordably as possible.

What does that mean? It means that the Soil Health Academy team does as much work upfront as we can to fund the true costs of participation in our educational offerings. SHA is a non-profit organization, and our team includes a dedicated staff, mission-focused network, and generous, committed donors whose efforts and contributions enable the program to significantly subsidize participant costs. Because of these efforts, our students are asked to provide only a portion of the true cost of participation.

The tuition cost to attend a Soil Health Academy three-day class is $750 for the first participant from a business or family, and $350 for one additional person from the same family or organization. We welcome you to join us on this regenerative journey.

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We encourage anyone with interest to apply. If you have registered for an upcoming Soil Health Academy and have paid the down deposit, you are eligible for tuition assistance and we encourage you to apply. In addition, we will be giving special consideration to the following:

Next-generation family farmers and ranchers who have parents who are involved in agriculture

Students, interns, and beginning farmers who are keenly interested in a career in regenerative agriculture

Military veterans currently involved in agriculture or who are interested in becoming involved in regenerative agriculture. Must be a former or active member of the U.S. military to apply for this category

Educators with a desire to provide regenerative agricultural instruction to the next generation of farmers, ranchers or agriculture professionals. Applicants may include USDA, NRCS, Extension and other USDA personnel, Ag Consultants, state conservation/ag agency personnel, and non-profit organization (NGO) personnel

Families and Farms that want to send more than one person

Minority, tribal, women, and historically underserved individuals who are currently involved in agriculture or who have an interest in go down this path

Soil health and regenerative agriculture pioneer, Kendra Brandt, alongside her husband David Brandt, raised their children with respect and honor, were vital members of their community and beyond, and dedicated their lives to helping others regenerate our soils, our ecosystems and ultimately our health.

In memory of David & Kendra Brandt and their contributions to soil health and regenerative agriculture, the Soil Health Academy offers the David & Kendra Brandt scholarships. These scholarships aim to support women, new, and beginning farmers who share Brandts’ commitment to advancing regenerative agriculture through the implementation of regenerative principles in their own operations or through regenerative agriculture education, outreach, or policy advocacy.

Recipients of the David & Kendra Brandt Scholarships will receive partial tuition funding to attend a Soil Health Academy. These scholarships are awarded based on applicants’ narratives detailing their plans to advance the cause of regenerative agriculture on their own farms and communities.

If you’ve already registered for an upcoming Soil Health Academy and have paid the deposit, you’re eligible to apply for tuition assistance through these scholarships.

Introducing the Past SHA Student Scholarship, an initiative designed to support our alumni who are eager to further their knowledge and expand their networks in the realm of regenerative agriculture. To qualify for this scholarship program, applicants must have previously attended a Soil Health Academy. We recognize the importance of ongoing learning and networking in the journey towards agricultural sustainability, and thus, we are delighted to offer this opportunity exclusively to our past students. If you’ve participated in a Soil Health Academy in the past, have registered for an upcoming Soil Health Academy and have paid the down deposit, and are keen to deepen your understanding of regenerative practices, we encourage you to apply for the Past SHA Student Scholarship.

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