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"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."

Your experiences with the script are useful to others as they conceive of using these materials in their own settings.

Share your experiences - in words and pictures and we will include them. Contact Us with email notes or word and picture files.

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Food, Farming and Community Resources
Michigan State University Museum
West Circle Drive
East Lansing, MI 48824
517-432-3358

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"I don't see any future for the farm. I have to wonder about what's going to happen. I don't want to sell, and then sometimes I think we should, but I don't know. I don't think my father would want us to sell, I feel it's special to us because it came down from my grandfather to my father to us."

Opal Ragsdale, Jacksonville, Texas - Cherokee County from People Sustaining the Land by Cynthia Vagnetti, 2002.