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retirement
More liberal arts students seeking
an academic break, meaningful nest egg?
work or training and engagement
in social change are headed to
farms this summer. It’s a way to
act on their growing enthusiasm
for locally raised food, concerns
over food safety and the environ-
mental impact of conventional
Running out of money in retirement is a scary
and very real threat. Underestimating retirement
agriculture.
income needs, healthcare expenses and the effects
The New York Times reports
of inflation are just a few of the common mistakes
that interest in summer farm investors make with their retirement assets. But you
work among college students has
can avoid these and other costly missteps.
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Find internship directories by state at organicvolunteers.com
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