In this episode we interview Tannis Kowalchuk. Tannis runs Willow Wisp Organic Farm with her partner Greg Swartz, a 25 acre farm located along the Delaware River in Damascus Pennsylvania. Tannis leads cut flower production, cooks crew farm lunch, and manages the social media accounts at Willow Wisp. In 2018, Tannis became the founding Artistic Director of Farm Arts Collective, an agri-cultural center based on the farm that provides public programs in theatre, agriculture, food, and ecology. Tannis is a professional theatre-maker and has created over 25 original productions including work with NACL Theatre and Primus Theatre. She has a weekly radio show, Ophelia’s Flowers on WJFF and sits on the board of Evergreen Garden in Monticello and Tusten Heritage Garden in Narrowsburg, NY. A solo performer as well, she is currently touring Decompositions, an original song filled, multimedia solo performance that digs into birth, death, farming, art, decay and transformation. Credit- https://www.willowwisporganic.com/about/

******Tannis and the Farm Arts Collective will be performing their original piece this Saturday October 21st at Prospect Park, Brooklyn at 1:00pm. Find the cast by the Farmers Market in Grand Army Plaza to catch the show!!!*****

This episode includes:

• 00:30 Tannis Kowalchuk Introduction
• 01:45 A young actor in Canada & NYC
• 03:45 NYC Theatre Company 90s & early 2000s
• 06:15 Organic Farming Movement
• 10:00 What is Organic Farming?
• 18:00 Willow Wisp Organic Farm
• 19:25 25 Acre Farm along the Delaware River
• 20:00 Farmers Markets: Union Square, Grand Army Plaza, Callicoon & Narrowsburg
• 22:30 Birth of Farm Arts Collective
• 26:00 Tannis' Mission "connecting theatre w/ food, farming ecology & to develop a community engagement practice around all these things"
• 28:45 Decade long Climate Change Play Series
• 32:30 Farmer Tannis on Sesame Street
• 33:15 Donating to food pantries during the pandemic
• 36:50 "Dream on the Farm" Climate Change Play Series
• 48:00 Schedule of Activities and Offerings on the Farm
• 50:20 Saturday October 21st at 1:00pm, Prelude Festival in Prospect Park!
• 52:15 Tannis' Solo Show "Decompositions"
• 53:00 Diagnosed w/ breast cancer
• 59:20 Tannis' vision for the Farm & Theatre Company

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******Tannis and the Farm Arts Collective will be performing their original piece this Saturday October 21st at Prospect Park, Brooklyn at 1:00pm. Find the cast by the Farmers Market in Grand Army Plaza to catch the show!!!***** Where to find Tannis:

The Farm - https://www.willowwisporganic.com/

The Theatre Company - https://www.farmartscollective.org/

Farmers Market Schedules:

Union Square Greenmarket

Wednesdays, 8am to 6pm,  May-December

Union Square, Manhattan

⁠Grand Army Plaza Greenmarket⁠⁠

Saturdays, 8am to 4pm, May-December

Prospect Park West & Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn

⁠Narrowsburg Farmers’ Market

Saturdays 10am to 1pm, May to October

Behind The Narrowsburg Union, 7 Erie Ave, Narrowsburg, NY 12764

⁠Callicoon Farmers’ Market

Sundays 11am to 2pm, May to November

Callicoon Creek Park, Callicoon, NY

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