Actually, if I could work out a way to get people to PAY me to cut, split and stack firewood, manage my garden, water and feed my chickens - well that would be neat, right?

Absolutely! In fact, I believe there's a pile o' grant money out there waiting for you now...

The grant money will only follow if the experience is packaged as 'outdoor education for troubled adolescents (ODETA)'. Most of the existing ODETA programs do not include firearms components, except for the original prototype ODETA provider, the Marine Corps. Most of the corporate executives I know have managed to prolong adolescence beyond all previously known limits, so there might be some wiggle-room for the older population, particularly if you can obtain signed affidavits attesting to adolescent behavior and emotional development. The execs' ex-wives should be able to provide such affidavits. Long-range program development could include paint-ball and live-fire competition between younger and older cohorts.

Or their stock holders.