“When Jake nears the end of the line of hay, he steps away from the tractor’s roar to spread the remaining hay by hand, ensuring the cattle have space to munch. The hay is dry, but it’s purchased from elsewhere.
The Crasco Ranch typically yields 60% of the hay needed to feed its cattle. Last year, the hay fields produced nothing.”
Read MoreBy Laura Garber - This recording is live from our Cultivating Community Resilience Through Storytelling Event
“The most important moment for a seed, is now. You are holding the seed now and you have the opportunity to let the future happen or let it die in your hands…”
Read MoreBy Priya Subberwal - This recording is live from our Cultivating Community Resilience Through Storytelling Event
“…The seeds of a Lodgepole Pine are fire activated, meaning that their cones are closed tightly with a resin that melts when exposed to the flame. Meaning, they must burn in order to become. Meaning, that coded in their bodies is the anticipation of destruction - the understanding that something must end for new life to grow…”
Read MoreBy Hannah Telling | Live at the 2023 Montana Folk Festival
“Looking back on my life, I realize I grew up surrounded by living ghosts. In the lush forests of my childhood, I chased stories of my great-grandparents—immigrants, miners, union members. In the heat of summer, I leapt over deep, linear trenches marking collapsed mine tunnels, explored desolated, alien planet landscapes caused by toxic mine waste, and unearthed strange, rusted machinery from Montana’s industrial past.”
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