I COME TO PADDLE THE RIVERS OF VERMONT AND ENJOY THE OPEN COUNTRY.

IT'S BEAUTIFUL.

IT'S AN IDYLLIC PLACE.

IT'S PEACEFUL, A CLEAN ENVIRONMENT SERENE AND CIVILIZED.

I LOVE THE GREEN, SERENE COUNTRYSIDE THE PERFECT ROADS THAT WIND WHERE ALL YOU SEE IS JUST FARMHOUSES AND COWS.

IT'S JUST-- YOU DON'T HEAR ANYTHING ELSE.

YOU DON'T HEAR ANY AIRPLANES, NOTHING.

IT'S JUST A PEACEFUL, CALM PLACE TO BE.

( birds chirping ) Woman: I'VE BEEN TO SWITZERLAND AND I WOULDN'T CHANGE VERMONT FOR SWITZERLAND.

THAT'S HOW I FEEL.

Man: I THINK THEY COME FOR A PIECE OF WHAT WE PERCEIVE AS THE VERMONT DREAM.

WE ALL HAVE A FEELING OF WHAT BEING IN VERMONT IS ABOUT.

IT'S WHAT MY DAD LOOKED FOR 40 YEARS AGO WHEN HE DECIDED TO LEAVE MASSACHUSETTS AND COME TO VERMONT.

Woman: YOU LOOK AT BOLTON VALLEY RESORT AND WE'RE BASICALLY A SKI AREA.

SO WHAT CAN A SKI AREA OFFER IN THE SUMMER?

WE HAVE 100 KILOMETERS OF CROSS-COUNTRY TRAILS WE HAVE LOTS OF DOWNHILL TRAILS AND WE HAVE 6,000 ACRES OF MOUNTAINS AND VALLEYS AND STREAMS AND FOREST.

THAT'S WHAT WE'VE GOT, NATURALLY, HERE.

WHAT DO YOU DO ON THAT IN THE SUMMER?

YOU CAN MOUNTAIN BIKE, HIKE GO LOOK AT THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF WILDFLOWERS YOU CAN LOOK AT ALL THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF ANIMALS AND DO NATURE APPRECIATION.

BUT WE'RE A FULL-SERVICE RESORT AND WE HAVE THE SAUNA, JACUZZI, THE TENNIS COURTS ALSO AND THAT'S WHERE GREEN EARTH CAME FROM.

Man: ONE THING ABOUT BOLTON VALLEY THAT'S ACTUALLY REALLY SPECIAL IN ITS LOCATION IS THAT IT'S VIRTUALLY AN INTACT ECOSYSTEM AND IT PROVIDES FOR A LOT OF NATURAL COVER FOR ANIMALS THAT WOULDN'T OTHERWISE BE ABLE TO LIVE ON THE EDGE.

I THINK THERE'S INTEREST IN ECOTOURISM.

PEOPLE ARE BECOMING MORE ENVIRONMENTALLY CONSCIOUS.

IT'S HIP TO BE ENVIRONMENTALLY CONSCIOUS.

I THINK THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO READ BACKPACKER MAGAZINE AND LIVE IN THE SUBURBS WHO WOULD LOVE TO COME TO VERMONT AND EXPERIENCE THE NATURE AND THE BEAUTY BUT AREN'T REALLY KEEN ON SLEEPING ON THE GROUND.

EARLY IN THE MORNING YOU GET SOME NICE SUNLIGHT IN HERE AND IT'S AN AREA THAT'S FREQUENTED VERY OFTEN BY MOOSE.

DOWN HERE YOU CAN SEE THE TRACKS.

Woman: THERE'S A LOT OF MOOSE TRACKS.

THIS IS A MOOSE TRACK HERE.

DON'T BE SHY.

COME ON DOWN.

Man: WE'VE ALWAYS KNOWN WALKING IN THE WOODS WAS LOVELY, WALKING THE MOUNTAIN TRAILS OR ON THE CROSS-COUNTRY TRAILS BUT WE'VE FOUND THAT THE FOLKS ARE AFRAID OF THE WOODS.

PEOPLE FROM THE CITY ARE AFRAID OF THE WOODS.

SO WE STARTED THINKING ABOUT HAVING A GUIDE THAT WOULD TAKE PEOPLE OUT ON SHORT WALKS.

THIS YEAR WE TURNED IT INTO "OUR GREEN EARTH" PROGRAM WHERE PEOPLE COME UP FOR A WEEK AND WE HAVE BEGINNER, INTERMEDIATE AND ADVANCED HIKES AND SO FORTH.

Man: IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT ABOUT YOUR FOUR BASIC NEEDS IN LIFE YOU THINK ABOUT WATER AND FOOD AND HEAT AND SHELTER.

IF YOU'RE IN THE WOODS AND YOU'RE GOING TO BE THERE OVERNIGHT AND THIS IS IMPORTANT FOR ANYBODY... UH... YOU KNOW, IT TALKS ABOUT THE TARGET AUDIENCE PACKAGES, STRATEGY STATEMENT, ECOFAMILY, WHO THE TARGETS ARE WHAT THE TACTICS ARE GOING TO BE.

THE TARGETS ARE AGING YUPPIES WITH KIDS.

...KILLER IN THE WOODS.

ABSOLUTELY, BY FAR SOMETHING LIKE 95% OF ALL PEOPLE THAT DIE IN THE WOODS IS HYPOTHERMIA.

PEOPLE COME UP TO VERMONT FOR THE "VERMONT EXPERIENCE" FOR WHAT MY PARENTS MOVED UP HERE FOR FOR WHAT MY PARENTS CAME UP HERE ON WEEKENDS FOR-- THE IDYLLIC, PASTORAL SCENICS.

UH... THE FEELING OF UNTOUCHED NATURE.

Man: IN THIS COUNTRY MOST OF OUR VACATIONS FOR YEARS, IN THE SUMMER HAVE REVOLVED AROUND WATER AND BEACHES.

BUT THE MOUNTAINS OFFER THEIR OWN SPECIAL KIND OF VACATION AND WE THINK IT'S UNIQUE, AND SO IT'S A NATURAL OUTGROWTH OF EVERYTHING WE'VE BEEN DOING, WE THINK TO HAVE OUR NATURE CENTER.

( birds chirping ) TOO BAD FOR THE WEATHER.

GOOD MORNING.

GOOD MORNING.

HOW WE DOING THIS MORNING?

PRETTY GOOD.

I WANT TO TAKE A CANOE TRIP.

NOTHING TOO... HOW LONG IS THE WHOLE PROCESS?

THE RIVER TRIP IS A COMMITMENT PRETTY MUCH FOR THE DAY IN THAT IT'S AN EIGHT- MILE STRETCH OF RIVER AND THERE YOU MEET HERE AT 9:00 IN THE MORNING.

YOU DON'T GET BACK UNTIL 5:30.

VISITING FOR A FEW DAYS?

JUST FOR THE WEEKEND.

FOR THE WEEKEND?

GOOD.

ARE YOU A CANOER OF SORTS OR... HALFWAY.

DID ANYBODY MENTION OUR CANOE TRIPS AND RENTALS WE DO HERE?

NO.

WE RUN SHUTTLES TO THE LOCAL RIVERS ON A DAILY BASIS AND WE ALSO DO SHUTTLES OVER TO THE RESERVOIR.

THIS IS THE LAMOILLE RIVER I WAS SPEAKING OF.

IT'S RIGHT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN AND THAT'S ALWAYS, YEAR-ROUND OR ALL SUMMER LONG, GOOD PADDLING WATER.

STOWE IS A VERY ACTIVE TOWN, ACTIVE COMMUNITY AND FOR TOURISTS COMING HERE, THEY'RE VERY OUTDOOR-ORIENTED AND LOOKING FOR FUN OUTDOOR THINGS TO DO AND THERE IS NOBODY IN STOWE THAT IS OFFERING THE TYPE OF SERVICE THAT WE WANTED TO OFFER.

I'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO COMBINE MY ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION INTERESTS WITH RECREATION BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD MESSAGES TO SHARE WITH PEOPLE BUT THEY HAVE TO BE HAVING FUN AND THAT'S A NICE TIE-IN TO GET THEM OUT HAVING FUN FIRST AND THEN, VERY SUBTLY GIVE THEM INFORMATION ABOUT THE OUTDOORS AND BEING SAFER THERE OR TAKING CARE OF IT IN A BETTER WAY.

WE DID SOME TRAFFIC STUDIES AND THE MOUNTAIN ROAD, ROUTE 108 IS ONE OF THE BUSIEST ROADS IN ALL OF VERMONT.

SO WE WERE CERTAINLY AWARE OF IT WHEN WE CHOSE STOWE BECAUSE OF THIS HIGH TOURISM AND STUFF.

WHEN YOU'RE REALLY IN THE MIDST OF IT SOMETIMES YOU GET A LITTLE TIRED OF IT.

HELLO.

MY NAME'S STEVE.

I'M ONE OF THE OWNERS OF UMIAK OUTFITTERS.

I WANTED TO LEAVE OFF OUR WEEKLY FLYERS OF THINGS WE DO.

WE GOT A MOONLIGHT CANOE TOUR COMING UP THIS FRIDAY.

GUIDED TRIPS EVERY FRIDAY.

Woman: FOR ME, THIS IS MY HOME AND I WANT TO SHARE IT AND BE A GOOD HOSTESS BUT YOU ALSO DON'T WANT TO LOSE WHAT YOU'RE BRINGING THEM TO SEE.

IF THE ENVIRONMENT OF VERMONT WERE TO CHANGE SIGNIFICANTLY IT WOULD MAKE IT HARDER FOR US TO STAY HERE AND DO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO SHARE WITH PEOPLE THE ATMOSPHERE AND THE... THE SCENERY OF THIS STATE AND FOR THEM TO LEARN TO APPRECIATE THAT WE LIKE TO SHARE WITH THEM OUR KNOWLEDGE ABOUT WHY IT LOOKS LIKE THIS HERE BOTH FROM A NATURAL HISTORY STANDPOINT BUT ALSO FROM A CULTURAL HISTORY STANDPOINT.

AND WE CAN SHARE THAT WITH THEM THROUGH SOME OF OUR PROGRAMS AND IF THEY APPRECIATE IT MAYBE IT'LL HELP US BE ABLE TO PRESERVE IT SO WE CAN ALL CONTINUE TO ENJOY IT.

Woman: YOU CAN GO IN THIS ONE RIGHT HERE.

Woman: DRAG ONE PADDLE BEHIND YOU AND IT WILL MAKE THE BOAT GO ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.

WHICHEVER WAY I PUT IT DOWN IT'LL GO THE OTHER WAY?

RIGHT-- OKAY?

AND YOU MIGHT WANT TO PUT YOUR LEGS STRAIGHT OUT IN FRONT OF YOU.

AND YOU MAY SPIN AROUND IN CIRCLES A LITTLE BIT BUT JUST BE PATIENT AND TAKE A LITTLE TIME.

AND THEN YOU WANT TO PADDLE ON OPPOSITE SIDES FROM EACH OTHER.

YUP, THERE YOU GO.

JUST HAVE SOME FUN.

THANK YOU.

HI-- YOU FOLKS ALL SET?

ALL READY.

GREAT, THANKS FOR WAITING.

Woman: I'LL GO IN THE FRONT.

Steve: BLADES ARE OFFSET.

YOU HAVE TO ROLL YOUR WRIST BACK FOR YOUR NEXT STROKE ON THE OTHER SIDE.

Steve: WE GET A LOT OF FIRST-TIME CANOERS THAT HAVE REALLY, UH... NEVER DONE MUCH IN CANOES AND THEY SEE ALL OF OUR CANOES OUT FRONT AND THEY SAY, "GEE, LET'S GO TRY THAT."

I'D LIKE TO THINK THAT IT'S-- THAT WE OPEN PEOPLE'S EYES TO CARING FOR THE LAND.

AND IF I COULD FEEL THAT WE WERE DOING THAT I WOULD FEEL LIKE WE WERE BEING SUCCESSFUL.

( birds chirping ) ( dog barking ) Woman: WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY BECAUSE WE'VE GOT INCREDIBLY NICE PEOPLE.

SMILING FACES EVERYWHERE.

THEY COULD BE MISERABLE SAYING, WE PAID MONEY GOING TO VERMONT-- IT'S RAINING.

THEY LOOK HAPPY.

I SAY, "DID YOU HAVE A GOOD MORNING?"

A WOMAN COMES IN PRACTICALLY IN TEARS BECAUSE SHE SAW HER DOG DISCOVER AN ACTIVITY THAT TURNS IT ON AND IT WAS AN ABUSED DOG AND IT'S NEVER SHOWN THAT IT LIKED TO BE ALIVE AND SHE'S ECSTATIC, AND IT'S RAINING.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE LECTURES INSIDE AND TRICKS INSIDE AND FIRST AID LECTURES AND I'M RUNNING A CLASS ON MAKING LEASHES-- ARTS AND CRAFTS FOR YOU AND YOUR DOG.

CAN I FOCUS ON YOU INSTEAD OF THAT THING?

I'M SICK OF GOING ON VACATIONS HAVING TO BOARD MY DOGS OR LEAVE THEM IN CRATES.

I READ IT IN THE NEWSPAPER LAST YEAR AND CALLED UP AND SAID, "I WANT TO GO!"

AND SHE SAID, "WE'RE FULL.

YOU'LL HAVE TO WAIT TILL NEXT YEAR."

SO HERE WE ARE.

Woman: YOU CAN INDULGE YOURSELF IN YOUR PASSION FOR A WEEK.

I FEEL LIKE WE'RE IN THE LAND OF OZ.

SOMEBODY KEEPS PUTTING PILES OF NEW YORK TIMES OUT THERE TO SEE IF YOU WANT TO BUY THEM.

I PUT THEM OVER THERE BECAUSE I DON'T WANT THAT OUTSIDE WORLD IN HERE.

I'M IN LOVE WITH MY DOG.

YOU CAN'T TELL THAT TO EVERYONE.

THEY LOOK AT YOU STRANGELY.

BUT HERE YOU CAN BE CRAZY ABOUT YOUR DOG AND YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'RE PART OF THE CROWD.

THIS IS MY THIRD YEAR.

WE'VE QUADRUPLED IN SIZE DURING A RECESSION SO WHAT THAT SAYS TO ME IS THAT WHEN IT CONCERNS THEIR DOGS, WE'RE GOING TO DO IT.

UM... THIS IS ONE OF OUR MAIN OBEDIENCE INSTRUCTORS.

HE TEACHES FUNCTIONAL OBEDIENCE BECAUSE A LOT OF DOGS END UP BEING PUT DOWN BECAUSE THEY'RE ILL-BEHAVED AND HE'S THE GUY THAT TEACHES PEOPLE HOW TO TRAIN THEIR DOGS SO THEY'RE NOT ILL-BEHAVED.

OH, MY GOD, I HATE CAMERAS.

IF I KEEP SAYING I HATE CAMERAS YOU'LL HAVE TO CUT THAT PART.

THIS IS FRAN BOOMAN.

SHE'S HERE FOR THE THIRD YEAR WITH HER SAMMY.

THIS PERSON HERE IS OUR FECAL INSPECTOR.

SHE MAKES SURE THE POOPS AREN'T EVERYWHERE BUT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN GREAT AND YOU CAN GO BAREFOOT.

THIS IS SO STRANGE.

YOU'RE VERY WELL TRAINED.

YOU KNOW... AND THIS LOVELY PERSON HAS DONE SOMETHING FOR ME-- SEE IT SAYS "DEAN OF DOGS."

I'M LIKE A GOLDEN RETRIEVER IN MY OWN OUTLOOK ON LIFE LIKE EVERYBODY SHOULD BE HAPPY AND NEVER ANY PROBLE BUT THAT'S PRETTY UNREALISTIC.

WHEN THERE'S A PROBLEM, THEY TALK TO HER AND SHE DEALS WITH ALL THE YUCK.

WE'RE SITTING HERE DISCUSSING WHY IT IS MEN REFUSE TO NEUTER MALE DOGS.

THEY DON'T MIND SPAYING THE FEMALES.

THEY WON'T NEUTER THE MALES.

CAN YOU DO A HEIMLICH-TYPE MANEUVER WITH A DOG?

I DO IT, BUT YOU SHOULD LEARN THAT FROM YOUR VET.

I'VE DONE IT ON MY KID ONCE.

IT WORKS FABULOUSLY.

I MEAN, THESE PEOPLE CAME FROM FAR AWAY-- CALIFORNIA.

I HAVE 28 STATES PLUS CANADA REPRESENTED.

IF YOU COME FROM CALIFORNIA, YOU DON'T STOW POP ON A PLANE.

ONE WOMAN'S HERE WITH TWO LARGE POODLES.

( dogs yipping ) I LIKE TO KEEP EVERYTHING REALLY PERSONAL.

I'D NEVER USE COMPUTER LABELS.

I SPEND AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF TIME ON THE PHONE.

I KNOW A LOT ABOUT PEOPLE AND I LIKE IT.

I LIKE IT TO INTRODUCE PEOPLE THE FIRST DAY BY A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT ON THE PHONE.

SO I DON'T WANT TO GET ANY BIGGER BECAUSE IT'LL LOSE THAT.

PEOPLE SAY YOU CAN RAISE THE PRICE BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE MORE DEMAND.

I DON'T WANT TO RAISE THE PRICES.

I LIKE THE PEOPLE WHO CAN COME FOR $600.

I PAY MY STAFF REALLY WELL AND I PAY THE SCHOOL REALLY WELL WHICH MAKES ME WONDER WHY OTHER PEOPLE CAN'T DO IT.

BUT I LIKE TO KEEP THINGS SMALL.

I WATCH MONEY CAREFULLY.

I HATE TO DO MY BOOKS.

I'D RATHER PICK UP DOG POOP ANY DAY.

Man: TODAY I AM GOING TO PROVIDE YOU WITH SOME INFORMATION THAT WILL HELP YOU MAKE A CHOICE IN PICKING A FOOD-- AND IT'S NOT EASY.

THERE IS A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF MONEY SPENT IN PET FOODS.

I THINK LAST YEAR THERE WERE ABOUT $9 BILLION SPENT IN PET FOODS.

THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY.

I FEEL LIKE IN VERMONT WE VALUE WHAT'S UNDER THE SURFACE NOT WHAT'S ON THE SURFACE.

BUT I GET NERVOUS THE OTHER JUNK IS FILTERING IN BECAUSE OF DEVELOPMENT.

SO... I DO-- I GET CRAZY ABOUT IT, ACTUALLY.

THAT'S WHY IT'D BE NICE IF I COULD BUY A FARM THAT WOULD GO UNDER AND KEEP IT AS A WORKING FARM AND MAKE IT INTO A DOG-LOVERS COMMUNITY.

( whimpering ) SEE, THIS IS THE MOTTO OF CAMP.

MINE'S BACKWARD-- USUALLY WE PUT THIS ON THE BACK-- "TAILS UP" BECAUSE WHEN A DOG'S TAIL IS UP IT MEANS THEY'RE HAPPY.

AND IF THEY'RE NOT UP, WE'RE DOING SOMETHING WRONG.

UP!

HA-HA!

GOOD BOY!

GOOD MAN!

COME ON, WEEBLE!

COME ON, WEEBLE, GIRL!

COME ON.

( birds chirping ) Woman: GOOD AFTERNOON, LIBERTY HILL FARM.

SURE!

UM, IT'S A WORKING DAIRY FARM.

THERE'S 100 HEAD OF HOLSTEIN COWS AND MY HUSBAND MILKS 50 COWS MORNING AND NIGHT.

THE OTHER 50 ARE YOUNG STOCK.

OUR BOYS HAVE CHICKENS AND RABBITS AND THERE'S ONE SHEEP AND THERE'S BARN CATS AND THERE'S AN OLD DOG NAMED LASSIE SO IT'S KIND OF AN OLD McDONALD'S FARM.

WE NEEDED TO DO SOMETHING TO SUPPLEMENT OUR INCOME... OR ELSE WE'D LOSE THE FARM.

AT THAT POINT IN TIME, THERE WEREN'T ANY OTHER JOBS TO BE HAD IN TOWN AND BOB ALWAYS FELT LIKE HE COULDN'T AFFORD TO HAVE ME NOT HERE AT HOME-- THAT HE REALLY NEEDED ME TO HELP ON THE FARM.

A LOT OF PEOPLE REALLY ARE LOOKING FOR AN ALTERNATIVE TYPE OF VACATION TO JUST STAYING IN A MOTEL.

THEY LIVE THEIR LIVES IN AN OFFICE BUILDING OR... MOST OF OUR GUESTS LIVE IN THE CITY OR THE SUBURBS SO THEY'RE REALLY INTERESTED IN FINDING SOMETHING DIFFERENT FOR A VACATION.

EVERYBODY SITS TOGETHER AT ONE BIG TABLE AND WE SHARE THE BATHROOM AND YOU SHARE THE LIVING ROOM AND EVERYTHING'S SHARED.

SO ANYBODY WHO DOESN'T WANT TO... ( phone rings ) GO HOME TO GRANDMA'S OR JOIN THE HOUSE AND HAVE ONE BIG PARTY AREN'T GOING TO COME.

GOOD AFTERNOON, LIBERTY HILL FARM.

DEAR HEAVENLY FATHER, THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY AND FOR THE BEAUTIFUL BLUE SKY AND SUNSHINE.

WE THANK YOU FOR THESE FOLKS AROUND OUR TABLE AND FOR THIS FOOD AND YOUR MANY BLESSINGS.

IN YOUR NAME WE PRAY, AMEN.

OKAY, FOR DINNER TONIGHT THERE'S TURKEY AND MASHED POTATOES AND GRAVY AND THIS IS CARROTS AND SWEET POTATOES AND THERE'S PUMPKIN ROLLS AND A PINEAPPLE STUFFING AND THERE'S AN ONION CASSEROLE DOWN BETWEEN NEIL AND ANN AND CUCUMBER SALAD AND CRANBERRY SALAD AND UP BY DIANE IS A ZUCCHINI CASSEROLE.

SO HELP YOURSELVES, PLEASE.

Girl: I WANT SOME.

YOU WANT MILK?

I WANT MILK.

YOU WANT SOME CRANBERRY SAUCE?

YES, AND SOME POTATOES.

OH, IT'S NICE AND MOIST.

I WANT SOME, I WANT SOME.

I DON'T RUN A HOTEL.

IT'S NOT A HOTEL-MOTEL.

IT'S NOT A FANCY INN.

IT'S OUR HOME AND WE'RE SHARING IT WITH YOU.

AND PEOPLE REALLY RESPOND TO THAT AND THEY REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

FRIENDS HAVE SAID THAT WE NEED TO TAKE A LITTLE MORE TIME A WEEK HERE, A WEEK THERE, OR WHATEVER TO JUST HAVE FOR OURSELVES FOR OUR FAMILY BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF PRESSURE WITH HAVING PEOPLE HERE ALL THE TIME.

UM, YEAH, IF MILK PRICES WENT UP THAT WOULD BE NICE TO JUST SCALE BACK A LITTLE.

THAT DOESN'T SEEM TO BE HAPPENING I THINK, THE WAY DAIRY PRICES ARE GOING.

THIS PAST WEEK, WE GOT THE SAME PRICE FOR OUR BULL CALVES THAT WE GOT IN 1970.

WE ONLY GOT $42 FOR A CALF THIS WEEK-- DON'T FILM THESE PANCAKES.

I GOT BUSY TALKING.

UM, AND THE MILK-- THE PRICE THAT WE'RE GETTING FOR THE MILK IS THE SAME PRICE THAT WE GOT IN 1978.

AND IF WE'RE GETTING THE SAME PRICE FOR BULL CALVES THAT WE GOT IN 1970-- WE'RE PAYING 1992 PRICES FOR EVERYTHING ELSE.

I DON'T ANTICIPATE WHEN I'LL BE ABLE TO STOP TAKING IN GUESTS.

I DON'T THINK IT WILL BE ANYTIME SOON.

HAVE TO BE SOME MAJOR CHANGES IN THE AGRICULTURAL INDUSTRY BEFORE I CAN CONSIDER STOPPING.

THE AREA KEEPS BUILDING UP AND YOU KEEP LOSING LAND THAT'S CLOSE TO YOU.

THEY PUT A DRIVING RANGE IN NEXT DOOR HERE ON 20 ACRES THAT WAS PRIME LAND AND NOW THE NEXT PIECE CLOSEST TO ME I'VE HAD FOR TEN YEARS OR MORE, THEY'RE GOING TO SUBDIVIDE THAT.

THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO PUT FIVE HOUSES ON THAT ONE.

SO YOU KEEP DEVELOPING THE LAND.

EVEN THOUGH, UH... THEY GIVE LIP SERVICE TO PRESERVING AGRICULTURAL LAND AND OPEN LAND WHEN IT REALLY COMES DOWN TO IT, IT DOESN'T MEAN ANYTHING.

THIS LIFE WE LEAD ON A SMALL, FAMILY DAIRY FARM IS SO APPEALING TO PEOPLE AND YET THERE IS NO WAY THAT WE CAN SURVIVE ON 50 COWS.

I MEAN, IT'S JUST IMPOSSIBLE.

WE CAN'T EVEN HAVE A HIRED MAN TO HELP BOB OUT.

FIVE HOUSES ON A CORNFIELD LOOK BETTER THAN CORN AS FAR AS THE TAX BASE GOES.

THAT'S A-- GET INTO TAXES AND THAT'S A REAL SORE SUBJECT BECAUSE THEY JUST REAPPRAISED THE TOWN AND THEY DOUBLED MY APPRAISAL, JUMPED MY TAXES $1,400.

I JUST GOT A LETTER IN THE MAIL THIS WEEK FROM THE VERMONT FOOD BANK AND NO OFFENSE AGAINST THOSE PEOPLE BUT THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT ALL THE HUNGER IN VERMONT AND WE'RE ALL FAMILIAR WITH THE STARVING CHILDREN IN SOMALIA AND WHEN WE GET PENALIZED FOR OVER-PRODUCING MILK.

HERE WE ARE TRYING TO MAKE FOOD AND THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT HOW MUCH HUNGER THERE IS IN THE WORLD AND YET, YOU KNOW, THE AMERICAN FARMER IS THE MOST EFFICIENT, PRODUCTIVE WORKER IN THE WORLD.

I MEAN, WE CAN FEED AMERICA AND THE REST OF THE WORLD.

IT'S JUST THE DISTRIBUTION, AND, PARDON ME, THE POLITICS THAT PREVENT PEOPLE FROM HAVING ENOUGH FOOD.

AND ONCE THEY SEE YOU'RE DOING SOMETHING RIGHT AND MAYBE MAKING A LITTLE PROGRESS... THEY'RE GOING TO PUT IT RIGHT TO YOU.

LIKE, WITH OUR GUEST BUSINESS, IT'S DOING FAIRLY WELL AND THAT'S WHERE THE TAX INCREASE COMES IS THEY'VE ALMOST TRIPLED THE VALUE OF THE HOUSE BECAUSE WE'RE MAKING SOMETHING OFF THE HOUSE.

DO YOU WANT ORANGE JUICE OR CRANBERRY JUICE?

ORANGE JUICE, PLEASE.

OKAY, THERE'S, UH, APPLESAUCE PANCAKES THIS MORNING AND A PUMPKIN-DATE COFFEE CAKE.

MORNING, SARAH.

GOOD MORNING.

HOW ARE YOU THIS MORNING?

DIANE, CAN I POUR YOU SOME COFFEE?

ONE THING WE'VE GAINED FROM HAVING PEOPLE HERE AND GETTING TO KNOW THEM AND ONE THING THAT WE HOPE TO ACCOMPLISH BY THEIR MEETING US IS JUST A GREATER APPRECIATION AND UNDERSTANDING OF EACH OTHER AND EACH OTHER'S LIFESTYLES AND I GUESS WE HOPE THAT PEOPLE WHO COME HERE WILL APPRECIATE THE FARM, THE FARM FAMILY WILL APPRECIATE OUR CONTRIBUTION TO THE STRUCTURE OF SOCIETY.