"I felt some great sadness and joy just taking in the poetic/creative/artistic aspect of the presentation. I felt sad for the struggle of the farmer and joy that they do it because I prefer eating good, organic, healthy food.. Maybe my experience is the point of the production!"

-Old Town Playhouse (Traverse City, MI) audience member

"In a world that is increasingly polarized, explorations such as we have experienced provide a safe place to open up that dialogue."

-Wendy Weiland - cast member, multi-generational family farmer, and MSU Extension educator

The script was refined through presentations at six venues in four states. Case Studies of these experiences are summarized here. Audience talk-backs and written surveys addressed the engagement and authentitcity of content and potential for public education. Audience survey results are summarized in "Creating the Script."

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"This kind of agriculture is farming from your heart and your hands. . . It means you have to be really sensitive to the moods of the land and your animals . . . alternative agriculture lets you be as individual as you are. John and I, we work real well together. We're really fortunate in that we came to the conclusion quite a few years ago that we didn't have men's work and women's work . . . we just had a lot of work and all of it needed to be done."

Cindy Dutcher, Goetzville, Michigan -Chippewa County from Voices of Michigan Farm Women, by Cynthia Vagnetti 2003.