From July, 2008:
"...She showed us the freshly planted herbs, giant heads of cabbage and yellow squash, rows of developing corn, and a field of flowers that they grow to maintain their cut-flower business catering primarily to the local wedding industry. Abby also explained to us Vermont’s exchange partnership with Jamaica. Ten Jamaican men come to live and work on their farm for the summer and fall months every year, and then return to their families in the winter. The program stipulates the men’s wages, which actually meant wages across the farm were raised when they began involvement with the program.

She then offered us a dip in their water hole, which was pretty idyllic, before sending us on our way with a bag of bright greens and soil-covered beets straight from the ground."