There is a companion book to the series written by the producer and two Montana women, Linda Peavy and Ursula Smith, who were consultants. You can get it at bookstores or online. Related by someone who has read it, there is even more information in the book about the Clune family's sneaking around the rules to get comforts from outside the project. All together now, kids, "it's not faaaiiiirrr!". I wonder how many times I heard them saying that in the beginning of the series.