Showcase West virginia
Betty Rivard has been a photographer all her life, but she really began to get serious about her art after she retired from her job as a state social worker in West Virginia. “My goal is to show the beauty and individuality of the everyday scene in West Virginia,” Betty says of her work. As an example, after a friend phoned and encouraged her to explore an old farmhouse in Braxton County where a couple had lived out their lives without electricity or gas, she found herself captivated by the front door.

Scherping Family Dairy Farm
Rick and June Scherping have merged quality of life for their family, profitability of their farm and stewardship of the land into a complete whole.

Moonlight Meadow Farm
Chardon, Ohio . "What business enables you to be around the cutest animals on earth all day and run a financially viable enterprise?" rhetorically asks Donna Christley, co-owner of Moonlight Meadow Farm in Chardon, Ohio. Her enthusiastic reply: alpacas. "Folks tend to get hooked on alpacas from the first time they look into their big eyes and touch their fluffy fiber and, if you approach things smartly with a business plan in hand from the start, these wondrous animals can bring in a steady income stream, from breeding to fiber to agri-tourism opportunities."

Earthen Path Organic Farm
On 14 acres in the hill and coulee country above the Mississippi River in southeastern Minnesota, a seasonal dance with the forces of nature takes place.

Bert Raney Elementary 3rd Grade
Third graders in Pam Betheldson's class do not learn about science and nature simply from books. They go on frog hunts at nature centers to learn about their ecosystem hands-on.