Swords into Plowshares
The Farmer-Veteran Coalition (farmvetco.org) has a goal that seems fairly win-win: "There are 2 million veterans returning to the U.S.—our goal is to reach 10,000 of those veterans, and to create 10,000 new farmers. That’s only a half of one percent, but 10,000 new farmers could really make a big difference." [Slow Food USA via @atlantic_food]
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How do you convince a veteran to take a job that involves none of the perks of the working world. You work long long hours for barely enough pay to keep a shirt on your back (if you're lucky). You are always at the mercy not just of the weather, but of the bank that is going to loan you money for seed, or the new tractor. This same bank generally owns the mortgage on your land, and when you fall on lean times, as farmers are wont to do, will foreclose on you without mercy. No one is going to fill in for you if you are injured or ill. No one is going to get up at 4am to make sure the cows get milked if you don't do it. 10,000 new farmers? It would be my guess you'd be lucky to find 10 people nutty enough to want this kind of life, much less 10,000.
fewteeth at 7:34PM on 03/31/09