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The arts can help encourage personal reflection in agriculture

In the Australian play entitled Kick Off Ya Boots, the actors and characters are farmers who talk about the farm with love and humour while finding their own path within their own fence lines. One deeply moving scene starts with farmer Harry: “Sometimes it’s like I’m driving a truckload of cattle down a road. And […] Read more