Monks start brewing beer to keep abbey open - Jul. 10, 2014

Diversification is common advice for investors, but guess what? Monks have to do it too.

For more than 60 years, the Trappist monks at St. Joseph's Abbey had relied on jams and jellies to support their monastery and community work in Spencer, Mass. But a few years ago, they realized the "expense line was rising at a faster rate than our income," said Friar Issac.

Monks start brewing beer to keep abbey open - Jul. 10, 2014