Once called the breadbasket of New York City, the Hudson Valley has lost much of its farmland in the past fifty years to a changing agricultural industry and the creeping sprawl of New York's suburbs. Many local farmers have found themselves unable to compete in the new wholesale arena as imported food from California, the Midwest, and foreign countries drives prices down. They have also been hit hard by rising property taxes as developers build new suburban subdivisions for commuter families looking north for cheaper housing. The Hudson Valley's dairy industry has been nearly decimated, and apple orchards seem close behind. The area's transition from rural to suburban means the loss of local food, landscape, family legacies, and the valley's identity. "Working Landscapes," tells this story through the eyes of farmers, housing developers and produce wholesalers in Dutchess County, New York.