Apply Now: 2026 Virginia Farm Bureau Fellowship Program

The Virginia Farm Bureau Fellowship Program is now accepting applications for the 2026 Summer session.

• Interviews and selection for our first round of openings will occur in October through December 2025.
• We also expect to open additional opportunities after the 1^st of the year, with interviews and hiring to take place in February through April 2026.

What is a Fellowship?
Our fellowship program offers college students the chance to dive into real-world business projects across all areas of our company— Insurance (Sales, Claims, Underwriting, etc.), IT, Marketing, Communications, Human Resources, Government Relations, Public Affairs, and Nonprofit leadership.

As an outcome, we aspire to empower the next generation of leaders in business and agriculture by equipping our fellows with skills, connections, knowledge, and experiences that future employers will seek.

Who We Are:
Virginia Farm Bureau supports all Virginians, not just farmers. We provide a diverse range of services including auto, property, commercial, and life insurance, health insurance for small companies, community events management (State Fair of VA and Meadow Event park), and policy advocacy for Virginia’s agricultural industry.

What You’ll Experience:
Fellows will engage in:

• Professional development workshops & learning opportunities
• Hands-on, meaningful projects, working alongside company teams
• A meaningful community service initiative
• Networking across our family of companies

We strive to match each Fellow with departments aligned to their interests, background, and career goals.

Possible placement areas include:

Public Policy & Political Action
Get involved with Virginia AgPAC, where you’ll help coordinate political interviews, develop materials for endorsement decisions, and connect legislators with the communities we serve.

Business Development & Insurance Operations

Experience firsthand how we protect Virginians with auto, home, farm, commercial, life, health insurance, crops and farm insurance, by experiencing and seeing the entire insurance process. You will gain exposure to sales, claims, underwriting, business analysis, and brokerage operations within our insurance company.

Corporate Office Business Operations
Join teams that work behind the scenes to keep our companies thriving and preparing for growth, in departments such as Finance, Accounting, Risk Management, Information Technology, Communications, Marketing, Non-Profit Management, Events Management, Data Analysis, and Human Resources.

Nonprofit & Association Management
Support initiatives that uplift Virginia’s agricultural communities. Agriculturally based analysis and projects may include policy research, member campaigns, grant applications, and leadership programming.

Who Should Apply?
We’re looking for highly motivated students who are:

• Rising college juniors or seniors
• Located in, or able to relocate to the Richmond area
• Able to work in our corporate office at least 4 days/week
• Strong communicators with great attention to detail
• Eager to grow personally and professionally

Our corporate office address is 12580 West Creek Parkway, Richmond VA 23238

Why Fellow With Us?
Because this isn’t just an internship—it’s a chance to explore careers, contribute to meaningful work, land a future job, and build your professional network. Join a legacy brand that strengthens Virginia’s families and communities.

Ready to apply? We look forward to meeting our next class of changemakers.

Virginia Farm Bureau Companies provide equal employment opportunity in all aspects of employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, gender, pregnancy, age, disability, orientation or veteran status.

VAFB supports compliance with COVID-19 protocols.