Who We Are
Three organizations make up the CA family of educational programs:

Communicating for America is the parent, non-profit organization with over 100,000 members.  The members are farmers, ranchers and small businesses in the United States and abroad.  The members are the hosts, our trainees and interns.  The CA organization has been promoting rural education, training, legislation and health care for over 35 years.

Communicating for Agriculture Foundation has awarded over $2.5 million in scholarships to young people worldwide.  This organization is the registered entity with the Department of State for J-1 visas.

CA Education Programs (CAEP) administrates the training and internship programs on behalf of the Foundation.

What We Do
For 25 years, CA has hosted over 20,000 young people from 42 countries for J-1 Training and Internships.  We are the largest agriculture training organization in the world.  CA has over 60 country partners worldwide that are contracted with our program.  CA provides applied education training and internships in 10 agriculture related fields.  CA has been a long-time adviser to the State Department regarding regulatory issues for J-1 visas and has received high marks from Congress for our efforts to promote agriculture education:

"Mr. Speaker, CA has also been a strong supporter of the education of young people in providing the opportunity to train and experience life and personal growth overseas.  Today, the CA Education Programs has become the largest program of its kind in the country."
Collin Peterson - Chairman of the House Agriculture Committee.

The CA Difference
Our members are our hosts.  Every winery, farm, ranch, nursery, business or other host of CA trainees/interns are members of CA.  This means that our hosts have a long term commitment of involvement with our organization not just as a host, but also as a member of our rural advocacy organization.

State of the Art applicant processing:  All candidates of our programs are screened via video conferencing by CAEP.  The candidates complete all applications online, have all documents and contracts processed online, and all communication archived for auditing purposes and immediate retrieval.

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