Jake VandenPlas - Farm for Vets, Local Food, and Veteran's Mental Health - Ep. #38

Jake VandenPlas is the President and Founder of Door County Farm for Vets, a not-for-profit organization passionate about the value of local and sustainable food and farming practices, veteran's mental health, growing while healing, providing education and support to veterans, and the empowerment that comes with producing, growing, and harvesting your own food. In this episode, Brad and Jake talk about "accidentally" becoming a sailor (and a farmer), military service, mental health, local farming and food, his path to DC Farm for Vets, sustainable agriculture, the connection of the food we eat to our overall health, and MUCH more. DC Farm for Vets Links:https://www.dcfarmforvets.org/https://www.facebook.com/dcfarmforvetshttps://www.instagram.com/dcfarmforvets/As always a HUGE shoutout to our sponsors at Forward Beverage and Riverside Pizza. They keep these coming. If you dig it, make sure to support them!https://riverside-pizzeria.com/ https://www.forwardbev.com/