It was the afternoon of Dec. 30 when Jay Lavery shared a side of himself that, to that point, had only been known to close friends. To date, it’s been viewed almost 5 million times and shared 60,000 times, generating 57,000 likes and 14,000 comments. Though the 50-year-old grew up in upstate New York, he didn’t have much experience with agriculture until very recently. It wasn’t until he returned upstate a few years ago with friends that he felt that the country was calling him. “I realized I really loved being out in the middle of farm country, so that’s when I made this huge crazy leap,” Lavery said.

Source: Huffington Post January 13, 2017 14:00 UTC