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Henry interviews Di and Ross Lawrence who run a business selling deer antler velvet in their retirement.\nBefore Di and Ross retired, they ran a deer farm. Di worked part-time\xa0as a bookkeeper and Ross ran the farm. As they got older, they knew they would have to leave their farm as it became too much work for them to maintain. Ross even got pretty seriously injured. In 2014, they decided it was time to sell.\nHenry talks with them about the transition from farm life to life in the suburbs. It was an easy transition for them. They bought their home before they sold their farm. \xa0Ross and Di downsized their belongings. \xa0They were prepared for it. It was, however, difficult for Ross to leaving the animals he had taken care of for so long.\nRoss\xa0knew he wanted to stay in touch with the deer industry after he retired. He already had a small online business selling\xa0deer antler velvet products and he decided he would continue that business in his retirement.\n\xa0What is Deer Antler Velvet?\nDeer antler velvet is the entire immature\xa0antler. It is harvested before it calcified to its\xa0normal state. Once they remove the antlers they do grow back each year.\xa0It has been used for thousands of years as a food product. It is also used in Chinese medicine to promote good health and is used as a natural\xa0remedy for a wide variety of things. Henry talks with Di and Ross about their business and the various uses for their product.\nDi and Ross haven't only been “working” in their retirement.\xa0Di has been enjoying getting her new home together. She has been able to catch up on sewing,\xa0reading, and she has been able to start doing more walking. Ross has plans to start golfing and they have been doing some traveling. All of those things we don't usually have time to do before we retire.\nIf you would like to contact the Lawrence\u2019s, you can email them at ross@deerfarm.com.au. Find them on the internet at www.deerfarm.com.au. \xa0You can also find them on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/deervelvetantler\nThis post\xa0about retirement and\xa0Retirement Lifestyle first appeared on\xa0http://RockYourRetirement.com