LINDA FAILLACE
Thursday, November 2 at 6 p.m.

A writer, songwriter, shopkeeper, and shepherdess who hails from East Warren, Vermont, Linda Faillace is here with a timely book on agriculture and bureaucratic practices, particularly as brought to bear on family-owned farms. Mad Sheep: The True Story Behind the USDA's War on a Family Farm (Chelsea Green) is the story of what happened to Linda and Larry Faillace's farm when the USDA destroyed their sheep herd with a false claim of 'mad cow disease.' Not only was it a false charge, but much manipulating then ensued in the form of a coverup. "If you think your government wouldn't really lurk in the bushes to spy on you and use its police power to bully you—get ready for a rude awakening." - Jim Hightower. "Mad Sheep will enrage you. The real crazies in this true and tragic tale are the bureaucratic bullies who tortured and tormented heroic Vermont farmers while allowing a deadly dementia—mad cow disease—to emerge in America...The worst is that these bunglers are still running the show." - John Stauber.

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