"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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"Somebody has to go into farming. Somebody has to do it, it's a good life. It takes a lot of money these days to get going. It is not a get-rich scheme but the lifestyle is great. There gets to be to many people owning to much farm. Doctors and lawyers have the money to buy land and they hire somebody to farm it. We need family farms; more people need to own the land. I guess I would rather see 10 people own a little bit than one person own a lot. We need more voices in agriculture."

The Risdall Family, Roland, Iowa - Story County from People Sustaining the Land, by Cynthia Vagnetti 2002.