The dream of trading in the rat race for bucolic farm life is entertained by legions of city slickers. But escaping the grip of urban life and professional success is no easy task, leading many back-to-the-land romantics to settle for a backyard chicken coop and a flock of city hens. (If you can’t have the farm, at least you can have the farm-fresh eggs.)
Which is why the story of New York news media star Dylan Ratigan is eliciting so much admiration — and presumably, an equal amount of envy.
After a career spent scaling the dizzying heights of the New York media world — Bloomberg wire-service reporter, anchor at Bloomberg TV and CNBC, a self-titled show on MSNBC, and a bestselling book — Ratigan tossed in the towel last June. He announced that he has taken up residence in sunny Southern California to join forces with a former Marine, Colin Archipley, to create a network of hydroponic greenhouses aimed at employing veterans .... http://www.mnn.com
