Barry Kornhauser and a troupe of local actors will be presenting "Sowing the Wind" at the American Farm Bureau Federation annual convention in San Antonio, Texas, on Saturday.

The show, about farm safety, will be the keynote presentation at the convention.

"Folks from the National Farm Safety Institute had seen it and they recommended it," says Kornhauser, the playwright-in-residence at the Fulton Opera House. The show was originally a touring production sponsored by the Fulton.

Kornhauser wrote "Sowing the Wind" after receiving a grant from the mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation, which brings artists to under-served communities. They asked Kornhauser to do a play about farm safety and to reside in Huntingdon County for a month.

"I was not particularly eager to do a show about farm safety. I told them I grew up in urban New Jersey, but I thought it would be a good learning experience," Kornhauser recalls. "And I fell in love with the people and the community. "

 Kornhauser discovered the need for a show like "Sowing the Wind."

"Farming is the second most hazardous occupation in America," he says. "More kids are killed than with any other job. It's often about awareness, decision making, safe choices. "

The cast includes Andy Kindig, Brian Martin and Stephanie Jo Wise. They play a struggling farm family that must deal with their son's horrible farm accident.

The show is written to bring the audience into it, to help come up with solutions.

"It empowers the audience," Kornhauser says. "Giving them control over their own lives."