Play on 'Retiring Farmers' Dilemma' to be Presented in Milan Feb. 12

CONTACT: Amy Bacigalupo, LSP, 320-269-2105; amyb@landstewardshipproject.org
PHOTO AVAILABLE: For a digital photo of the Look Who’s Knockin’ performance, contact Brian DeVore at bdevore@landstewardshipproject.org or 612-722-6377

2/1/12
MILAN, Minn. — Look Who’s Knockin’, a one-act Land Stewardship Project (LSP) play on the future of farming, will be presented Sunday, Feb. 12, starting at 2 p.m., at Milan School in Milan (408 N. 4th St.). The professionally-acted play raises questions of land ethics and the moral dilemma posed by wanting to get top dollar for selling one’s land while desiring to help the next generation of farmers get started farming. For more information, including details on obtaining tickets, call LSP’s Amy Bacigalupo at 320-269-2105, or e-mail amyb@landstewardshipproject.org.

Created out of numerous interviews and stories of both beginning and retiring farmers in recent years, the one-act play uses humor, storytelling and the common everyday tension in an elderly farm couple’s relationship to prompt personal reflection and discussion within the audience.

The play was written by LSP organizer Doug Nopar and directed by LSP member and western Minnesota farmer Carmen Fernholz. After the Feb. 12 performance, LSP will provide resources and first-step guidance for those landowners interested in learning more about renting or selling their land to a beginning farmer.

"Look Who’s Knockin’ and the discussion that follows will provide both the inspiration and the means for retiring landowners to begin to connect with aspiring, conservation-oriented farmers," said Nopar.

To listen to an audio performance of the play, see www.landstewardshipproject.org/podcast.html?s=future+(part+2. To listen to an interview with the play’s director, Carmen Fernholz, see http://www.landstewardshipproject.org/podcast.html?y=2012.

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