"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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"I retired $150,000 worth of harvesting equipment when I went to this system of 12 Aprils. $150,000 worth of equipment I no longer need. I have a conventional farm crop. I sow millets, soygeans and small grains. I sow them all to be harvested. The big difference is I don't sharpen knives or grease the bearings or whatever. I harvest them with a cow. She takes it from a crop to the rumen to the milk. I don't have to spend $477 a month on my harvester or a big silo or tractors or choppers. My cows enjoy what goes on here and so do I."

Tom and Linda Trantham, Pelzer, South Carolina -Greenville Count from People Sustaining the Land by Cynthia Vagnetti, 2002.