political and farming careers. He developed Program Open Space, preserving undeveloped land in Maryland, and served as a member of the Maryland Environmental Trust and Land Trust Alliance. Jimmy Carter visited the farm twice in 1975 when Clark arranged for Maryland Democratic supporters to meet there during Carter's presidential campaign. As president, Carter visited again while campaigning in 1980. His family farm still proudly proclaims Clark's commitment in the motto, "Never Sell the Land", inscribed in a memorial stone at the farm. Not an ordinary family farm Martha Clark, daughter of the former State senator, and Martha's daughter, Nora Crist, have continued the family tradition as operators of the Elioak Farm. Their produce stand on Maryland Route 108, where the Clarks sell fresh vegetables, is not particularly unusual for a family farm. It distinguishes itself somewhat by offering "pasture-raised, grass-finished beef", raised in a low-stress, humane, natural environment. Martha's brother, Jamie Clark, founded the internet service provider ClarkNet inside a barn at the farm in 1993. The barn burned down in November 2004, but ClarkNet was no longer operating at that time. Petting zoo When Martha opened a petting zoo at Elioak Farm in 2002, the farm began a transformation into something much more than just another family farm with a vegetable stand. The first year of the farm's petting zoo was a difficult starting point, because it was also the year of the Beltway sniper attacks in Maryland. During this period, every school tour planned for the farm was cancelled. After the Beltway sniper's capture, the average number of visitors attracted to the farm grew to 80,000 per year. Enchanted Forest restoration After the Enchanted Forest, a theme park located on U.S. Route 40 in Howard County, closed in 1995, most of its exhibits sat behind a chain-link fence, slowly deteriorating as the rest of the property became the Enchanted Forest Shopping Center. The Friends of the Enchanted Forest, a nonprofit organization, raised pledges totaling $380,000 in 1999, but efforts to reopen the park at its former location were unsuccessful. Clark's Elioak Farm became the leader of efforts to save and restore the Enchanted Forest with the purchase of Cinderella's pumpkin coach in August 2004. Kimco Realty Corp., owner of the park's former location, had donated the pumpkin coach to a charity auction. The Clarks purchased the exhibit after it was offered for sale on eBay. Most of the