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Nancy and Steve Potter have been married 30 years. They live in Long Prairie, Minn., on an 80-acre farm with a root cellar that is stocked for the winter with 500 pounds of rutabaga, 300 pounds of carrots, 100 pounds of potatoes and 50 pounds of beets. During the day, Mr. Potter, 55, works as a cost accountant at the local Hormel meat processing plant and Ms. Potter, 57, is a branch librarian. They have two grown children. Following is a condensed and edited version of our interview.

You met on a farm commune in southwest Virginia in the mid-1970s. Your first impressions?

Nancy: I was the farm manager. I’d been there over a year when Steve arrived. He went out for a run one afternoon and it must have been about 10 at night, we noticed he wasn’t back yet.

Steve: I just ran around, following the route numbers, and I knew I was on the right road, but somehow I was lost.