BioMass No. 1 | page 2 | Spring 1999 |
The history of farming in the Amherst area was imaginatively
portrayed in a video "Dances with Cows" in which retired Professor
Dana Snyder
played a leading role. Dana has been restoring
antique farm implements such as hay rakes and bailers that were used throughout
the long agricultural history of Massachusetts, in which Amherst and the
University played important parts. The tape was entered in a national amateur
video competition, but was rejected on the grounds it was "too professional".
All who viewed it on our local access TV station, ACTV, agree that it captures
the unique flavor of our town and its unique blend of inhabitants. Our
local Amherst Conservation Commission, a sponsor of the video, would be willing to cooperate
with any effort to publish it. Any entrepreneurs out there?