This magazine about rural Oregon is so exciting because it is relating the many things that are happening and showing that our agricultural area is doing a lot for growing crops in better ways that preserve our environment. I think that the many businesses that inhabit our rural Oregon are having an impact far beyond what they probably think or see and, to me, tend to show what can be done with innovation and without having to have a big budget. I think that Oregon is on the cusp of the green plan no matter what side one believes. This gives many of us hope for the future here in Oregon and will, I am sure, enable us all, whether rural or urban, to endeavor to do what is necessary to tweak ways to be better Oregonians. This is true because, from little things such as happening in our rural areas, come good and better things.   — Ted Adams, Gresham, Oregon