A few years back, I started becoming more aware of the problems that soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan were having, as they tried to return to civilian life. I know, this is not a new problem, but my family was involved in 9/11, so I've been personally invested. Anyway, we tossed around some ideas for the magazines here at Hemmings, and I gradually realized that, yeah, we could do some awareness building, but nothing we would do in print could reach enough people.

Then, at the end of 2010, I read an article about the Farmer-Veteran Coalition, whose mission in a nutshell is to help an aging population of farmers by introducing a younger generation to farming. As a sort of side effect, they noted that placement on farms might also be a way to help some veterans re-adjust to life at home.

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