After serving as co-Project Director (PD) on a 3 year Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program (BFRDP) grant and attending an annual PD meeting in Denver, we convened a group to submit another BFRDP proposal.  Hands-on projects were very much in favor with the sponsor.  Working with Food Connection, Horticulture Department, Sustainable Agriculture, Animal and Food Sciences Department and KY Sheep and Goat Development Office we applied for KY Farm Launch.  It is a 9 month curriculum in which participants attend weekly face-to-face trainings.  We were successful and received $750,000, and the first cohort of nearly 40 new farmers are at the midpoint of training.