A New Kind of Service: More veterans returning home to a life in agriculture

摘要

Standing large in front of the United Nations building in New York City, a sculpture bears the inscription: "They will beat their swords into plowshares and spears into pruning shears." For thousands of returning veterans, these words apply.In 2013, 21.4 million men and women, or 9 percent of American adults, were veterans. The Department of Veteran Affairs anticipates that number will continue to rise.