"Field Training Exercises" is a military term.
The FTX, as it's known, does what the name implies… gets soldiers ready for battle in realistic conditions in the field.
Stephanie Westlund turns the terminology on its head in her book Field Exercises: How Veterans Are Healing Themselves through Farming and Outdoor Activities.
She details the work some veterans are doing in nature to get past their military experiences.
She joins us with an overview.