You are the owner of this article. You have permission to edit this article. Ariel Agenbroad, extension educator for University of Idaho's veterans farming program, checks out a peach tree at Spaulding Ranch on July 16, 2026. University of Idaho’s veterans farming program, Harvest Heroes, shares space with a city of Boise pumpkin patch at Spaulding Ranch on July 16, 2026. Kolby Graham, Ariel Agenbroad and Connie May pose in the orchard at Spaulding Ranch as a part of the University of Idaho’s veterans farming program on July 16, 2026. Ariel Agenbroad, extension educator for University of Idaho’s veterans farming program, leans over their first summer squash on July 16, 2026. BOISE — Veterans have been tilling, fertilizing and watering away at Spaulding Ranch off of Cole Road thanks to a new University of Idaho Extension farming program. Harvest Heroes has been in the works for years, finally coming to fruition this year with a $744,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.