Colin Archipley
Colin and Karen Archipley | Photograph by Robert Benson/Creative Business Wire
Colin Archipley wakes up at 5 a.m. to write lesson plans for the agriculture training program for vets that he and his wife set up in 2007. At his small organic farm near San Diego, the vets study irrigation and hydroponics, work in the greenhouse, and get tips from entrepreneurs and investors for the business plans due at the end of the course. "They were trained to use rifles and coordinate air strikes, not operate businesses," Archipley says, "but we tap into the leadership skills they've obtained in the military."
"A veteran's understanding of the world is completely different from the average American's. The veteran community understands how their everyday actions tie into the bigger picture."
- Interests:
- Lisko Artisan Deli, ActSeed, Joining Forces, The 30 Project, Spartan Race, RonyRon, NO DOG SHOULD BE BEATEN, STOP PROTESTING AT MILITARY FUNERALS, Turn Facebook Pink For 1 Week For Breast Cancer Awareness, SBDC Mira Costa College, Cable-Safe, City Boxing, 1st Marine Division Association, Freedom Is Not Free, 10VE: A Binary Love Story, A Novel by Jonas Schwartz, Transitioning Veteran, The White House, Georges St-Pierre, Wounded Warrior Project, United States Marine Corps, Veterans Green Jobs, contACT ARTS, Not being a POG., Barbara Lee, San Diego County Farm Bureau, Freedom Dogs, OIF Veteran Community, MilitaryNewsNetwork.com, Archi's Acres VSAT, CIA, Department of Defense (DoD), Grunts, Archi's Acres VSAT, Lance Corporal Underground, You know you live in the grunt side barracks when...
- Music:
- RonyRon
- Groups:
- COMMYOUNITY Chefs
- Amikas Neighborhood
- 3/1 Fallujah 2004
- Veterans Employment Committee of San Diego County
- Force Recon Association
Linked In
- Veterans Sustainable Agriculture Training (VSAT) | Greater San Diego Area
- Connections:
- 42+
- Positions:
- CEO at Veterans Sustainable Agriculture Training (VSAT)
- CEO at Archi's Acres, Inc.
