MOOOOOOOO BETCH 🌱🐄🌱🐄🌱🐄🌱
The Vermont Farm Project
@northernstagevt
1 - one of 3,000 milk cows at Newmont Dairy Farm
2 - stage managed by
@antfeola , barn skeleton by
@frankjoliva & lit by Mary Ellen Stebbens, moo soundscapes by
@germanthesounddesigner , farmer gorpcore by Alicia Austin
3 - experiments in no-till nutrient cycling at Cedar Circle Farm in East Thetford, VT
4 - Paco Mendoza, poet & manager at Newmont Farm
5 - opening night seed packet giveaway with cast
@its_angellin @therobmorrison Emily Mikesell, David Lutken and director
@sarahwansley
6 - Skippy the Scottish Highlander who lives on Taylor Family Farm in Londonderry, VT - now that cheese is too expensive to sustain, they supplement farm income with horse-drawn sleigh rides in the snow (horses Timmy & Tommy not pictured)
7 - living legend David Lutken autoharp demo
8 - brilliant playwright
@jkos13 with first ever sparkler, love this genius gal
9 - backstage with Carolina, one of the cow midwives at Newmont & Paco
10 - texts from Farmer Jon, owner of Taylor Family Farm after he & his crew saw a matinee
11 - retired strawberry farm stand at Cedar Circle Farm
12 - one week old calf at Newmont - the calves only get 20 minutes with their mothers when they’re born and then the girls get organized into groups they’ll live with & milk alongside for the rest of their lives there
13 - “Today & Tomorrow” by composer/lyricist
@tcrawford4 , music direction by
@maggiehollinbeck.creative , choreographed/gestured by
@tuanmalinowski , photo by Kata Sasvari
14 - barn at Taylor Family Farm - get educated about your food economy! support family farms!
15 - tongue lady reprise
not pictured but so important!
@elizabeth.sarsfield @hannah.oh.no @josh.hill17 @a.milos5280 
