MONTEREY, Mass -- It looks like any other farm in the Berkshires. But at Gould Farm in Monterey, workers are harvesting hope.

"Guests are expected to work from 8:30 to 3 everyday in one of our eight work areas," said Gould Farm Marketing and Development Director Sally Evans.

The guests she's talking about are actually patients.

"Primarily, the main diagnoses are schizophrenia, bipolar, and schizoaffective disorder," said Evans.

Gould Farm is the only treatment center of its kind. Guests take part in "working therapy" to treat their disorders, while living on the farm along with the staff. Evan Williams is a volunteer.

"We're trying to blur the line between who is being paid to work here and who is paying to be here," said Williams.

Guests and staff raise livestock for food, helping to keep costs down for a program that costs, on average, $90,000 a year.

"You feel like you're doing something that's important. You're working with people that, frankly, need a little bit of help getting their lives together, but here they can do it really easily," said Williams.

There are a lot of different ways people who need help participate in work therapy at the farm. Some guest are even working in a bakery that's open to the public. The goal is to build a sense of community.

"I think the guests get to bring their whole person to the farm, both their strengths and their weaknesses because the staff also brings their strengths and weaknesses to the farm. It creates an environment where people don't feel like they have to hide," said Assistant Farm Manager Michael MacDonald.

No matter which of the work therapy jobs the guests choose, the goal at Gould Farm is to plant seeds for a better future.