Troops Leaving Service Find New Purpose on the Farm

Photo caption: Tony Lattner, AiSA’s director of education, in the Archi’s Acres greenhouse. Photo credit Naoki Nitta. Article by Naoki Nitta. Modern Farmer – November 10, 2023.

Transitioning back to civilian life can be a challenge for service members. This agricultural bootcamp helps veterans cultivate new beginnings and find opportunities in farming and food.

Within months of joining the U.S. Marine Corps, Colin Archipley was headed to war. “He went right from bootcamp to Iraq,” spending seven months on the front lines, says his wife Karen, referring to the 2003 US-led military invasion. After a half-year return to Camp Pendleton near San Diego, he repeated the cycle twice […]

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