Brandon Nehilla, a retired Army medic who specialized in combat stress control, gets his joy from gardening. But living in the urban environment of Houston, he found it challenging for his hard work to be fruitful. It’s tough, he says, to find affordable land that hasn’t been contaminated and has workable soil.He’s hoping the Growing Urban Farmers education program, which he joined in October, will change all that.Already he’s seen changes, and in ways he couldn’t have predicted. Nehilla says that he’s found his farming classes to be the best therapy he’s ever had for his PTSD.Growing Urban Farmers teaches veterans and others how to become professional urban farmers. For twelve weeks, each cohort meets at Hope Farms, a seven-acre property in the Sunnyside neighborhood…
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