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Armed to Farm: Veteran healing through farming
A military veteran is on a journey of healing through farming. Sara Creech grew up in Michigan and served in the Air Force as a surgical nurse during combat. She suffered from post traumatic stress disorder and lost her husband to colon cancer. Creech tells Brownfield her journey has taken her to North Salem, Indiana.
“I know, for me, connecting with farming and working with animals and getting my hands dirty, there was just something, I think, almost renewing. I think it’s a combination – truthfully – physically, mentally, spiritually. It’s just this reconnection with life again.”
And, it forced her to get out into the community. She tells Brownfield, “Going to farmers markets and meeting people and selling your products, I mean, the community loves farmers because they love food. They love seeing where food comes from.”
Creech devised a business plan for her organic operation through an Entrepreneur Boot Camp for vets. She’s received USDA/NRCS grants for a high tunnel for vegetables and to convert her conventional fields to organic with cover crops. And, she wants to help other veterans get into farming.
AUDIO: Interview with Sara Creech (20:00 mp3):
NCAT: Armed to Farm veteran training
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