Medical Gardens & Agriculture
Growing medicine, feeding communities and healing lives from the soil up.
Mission Overview
What this mission does
Veteran Wellness is the foundation MEDVETS was built on. We believe the fastest route back to health is not another waiting room — it is a purpose worth getting up for and a squad that notices when you do not show.
Our teams pair veterans with hands-on community missions: building medical gardens, mentoring young people, running broadcast crews and standing up neighbourhood projects. Wellness becomes a by-product of service rather than a clinical appointment.
Alongside that work we coordinate peer support circles, connect members to benefits navigation and partner with licensed providers for the care that belongs in professional hands. MEDVETS does not replace clinical treatment — we surround it with community.
Purpose & Objectives
- Rebuild the sense of mission and belonging that service provided.
- Reduce isolation through structured, veteran-led peer connection.
- Create pathways out of dependency and into whole-person wellness.
- Put veterans back to work serving their own communities.
Purpose. Connection. Healing.
Who We Serve
Who this programme helps
If you recognise yourself or someone you know on this list, this mission is for you.
- Post-9/11 and legacy-era veterans in transition
- Veterans navigating chronic pain or opioid dependency
- Military families and caregivers
- Gold Star families and surviving spouses
- Reservists and National Guard members
On the Ground
Programme activities & services
What actually happens when you turn up. All of it runs on volunteer and member time.
Peer Support Circles
Veteran-led groups that meet weekly — no clipboards, no intake forms, just battle buddies.
Purpose Placement
Every member is matched to a community mission suited to their skills and capacity.
Benefits Navigation
Hands-on help with claims, appeals and connecting to the right VA and community resources.
Horticultural Therapy
Structured garden work proven to lower stress and rebuild daily routine.
Family Readiness
Support for the spouses, parents and children who serve alongside every veteran.
Check-In Network
A call roster so no member of the unit goes a week without contact.
Results to Date
2,400+
Veterans engaged
86%
Report reduced isolation
38
Peer circles running
19k
Service hours logged
Get Involved
How you can participate
Three ways in. Pick whichever one you can commit to honestly.
Enlist as a member
Veterans and families join the unit and get matched to a mission.
Volunteer
Civilians support logistics, transport, events and admin.
Fund a circle
Sponsor a peer support circle for a full year in your county.
Join the Veteran Wellness mission
Purpose. Connection. Healing. Enlist as a member, or fund the work directly.
Keep Going
Related Missions
Advocacy & Patient Rightsss
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Community Development
Neighbourhood projects that leave something standing behind them.