The Roeliff Jansen Historical Society 

It's 1990, and amid many ominous signs, the last 25 functioning farms in Copake — farms that have been the backbone of the regional farming industry in the region for over one hundred years — are struggling to survive, and to adapt to rapidly changing conditions, and ever-shrinking profits.

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And no one knows how this story will end!

Watch this unique and important documentary A Changing Scene: Farming in Copake Circa 1990, created and produced with enormous foresight, by Elinor Mettler and Polly Langdon, on Youtube (link here) . 31 minutes.