The Veterans Homestead Project run by Greg Hopkins has made some progress helping other veterans with agriculture projects and functioning as therapy for those with PTSD.
Gregory Hopkins, left, director of the Veterans Homestead Project near Breen, supervises the unloading of tools donated by The Home Depot for the project. The project helps veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder by offering therapy through agriculture projects. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Veterans Matt Terwilliger, left, and Dave Bayless, clear brush at the Veterans Homestead Project near Breen, The program helps veterans with agriculture projects and functions as therapy for those with post-traumatic stress disorder.
Different kinds of sheep are on the farm at the Veterans Homestead Project near Breen, The program helps veterans with agriculture projects and serves as therapy for those with post-traumatic stress disorder. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Cattle are just one of the farm animals at the Veterans Homestead Project near Breen, The Homestead Project helps veterans with agriculture projects and serves as therapy for those with post-traumatic stress disorder. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Veteran Lynn Jack waters the pigs at the Veterans Homestead Project near Breen. The program helps veterans with agriculture projects and serves as therapy for those with post-traumatic stress disorder. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Dogs play an important guardian role for the livestock at the Veterans Homestead Project near Breen. The program helps veterans with agriculture projects and serves as therapy for those with post-traumatic stress disorder. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Phillip Romines, with The Home Depot, works on completing a shed at the Veterans Homestead Project near Breen, The program helps veterans with agriculture projects and serves as therapy for those with post-traumatic stress disorder. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Horses are on the farm at the Veterans Homestead Project near Breen. The program helps veterans with agriculture projects and serves as therapy for those with post-traumatic stress disorder.
From left, Robin Barnes, Sal Tom, both with The Home Depot; Butch Crim, Dave Williamson, and Maria Starling, with Disabled Veterans, assemble tools at the Veterans Homestead Project near Breen, The program helps veterans with agriculture projects and serves as therapy for those with post-traumatic stress disorder. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Volunteers clean at the Veterans Homestead Project farm near Breen, The program helps veterans with agriculture projects and serves as therapy for those with post-traumatic stress disorder. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Duffy Baumgartner and Mel Thomas, both with The Home Depot, build a shed at the Veterans Homestead Project near Breen. The program helps veterans with agriculture projects and serves as therapy for those with post-traumatic stress disorder. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Greg Hopkins, left, director of the Veterans Homestead Project near Breen, talks with veterans Dave Bayless, center, and Matt Terwilliger, who are volunteering at the farm. The program helps veterans with agriculture projects and serves as therapy for those with post-traumatic stress disorder. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Horses are among the livestock at the Veterans Homestead Project farm near Breen, The program helps veterans with agriculture projects and serves as therapy for those with post-traumatic stress disorder. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Veteran Lynn Jack waters the pigs at the Veterans Homestead Project near Breen. The program helps veterans with agriculture projects and serves as therapy for those with post-traumatic stress disorder. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
