A retired Marine from Chicago has been named the 2024 Illinois Farmer Veteran of the Year by the Farmer Veteran Coalition.
Steve Archer II and his brother, also a veteran, started the Archer Urban Farm Initiative last year to reclaim their family’s eighth of an acre urban lot.
Unfortunately, Steve he tells Brownfield…
“PTSD is a real thing, and my brother had a bad day, but we lost my brother in April,” he says. “He was out there when we were breaking ground.
