How did the portrait of farm life in the film compare to your own experiences or your image of farm life? In what ways did the Nolan farm affirm or contradict your ideas about farm life? What did you learn about farms or farming that you didn’t know before viewing the film?

American lore sometimes romanticizes farm life. Did the film offer any insight about why that vision persists, even when the reality of daily farm routines isn’t exactly idyllic?

Celeste explains, “The definition of farmstead for us is trying to live within the resources that you have. The farmstead is where everything happens, where your life happens. All of the joys, all of the sorrows, for me it all happens right here on this 110 acres.” How does this compare/contrast to urban or suburban life?

Like many area small farmers, the Nolans have a booth at Bob Evans’ “folksy” outdoor market that draws 30,000 people and lots of tourists. How does the market help shape Bob Evans’ corporate image? How does it benefit area small farms?