"New farmers are filtering into the state through organizations like the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association, Maine FarmLink, land trusts and even with help from programs like Land for Maine's Future.

"This isn't just a phase of my life," said Steve Sinisi, 32, who recently secured a conservation easement on 70 acres in Durham. "It was like, 'No, Dad, really I'm buying a farm.'"

Sinisi and his wife, Robin, are starting Old Crow Ranch where they hope to raise livestock on a farm adjacent to a vegetable farm owned by Robin's parents. Old Crow Ranch and the Sinisis represent just one of many new farms started by a new generation of farmers. Partnering livestock with a vegetable operation completes a natural agricultural cycle, he said."

If they're in debt, their dreams are gonna die.

Sorry. Hoyt Axton: "Work your fingers to the bone,
whaddaya get?...Boney Fingers!" ;}