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==Attraction History==
The history of what would eventually be known as Listen to the Land began when Kraft announced that it would sponsor The Land pavilion in Disney's unbuilt theme park [[EPCOT Center]]. Initially, Disney had expanded the concept of the "ecology and mineral pavilion" so that it focused on the many environments of the earth <ref name= "Martin"> http://www.martinsvids.net/?p=652 </ref>. When the original sponsor of the pavilion, a logging company, ended its involvement with the pavilion, the theme and content of the pavilion once again changed <ref name= "Martin"/>. In September 1978, Kraft agreed to sponsor the pavilion, and thus agriculture and food became The Land's focus. In order to showcase agriculturalagriculture, Imagineers created an open top boat ride that would take guests through the earth's many habitats, while showing man’s effect on them. Still inside their boat, the second half of the attraction would allow guests to tour a working greenhouse that showcased new agricultural technologies and techniques <ref name= "Martin"/>.
During the development of Listen to the Land, two major changes took place. The first was the fact that the greenhouses were added to the attraction permanently (as opposed to being the temporary structures they were originally envisioned as)<ref name= "Martin"/>. The second change was the addition of a canopy to the boats themselves. When Imagineers decided to add real rain effects to the attraction, the boats were given coverage <ref name= "Martin"/>. Listen to the Land opened with the rest of The Land pavilion on EPCOT Center’s opening day, October 1, 1982 <ref> http://thisdayindisneyhistory.homestead.com/epcotgrandopening.html </ref>.
Listen to the Land remained largely unchanged, until Nestle assumed sponsorship of the Land Pavilion in 1993. On September 23, 1993, Listen to the Land was closed for refurbishment (the rest of the pavilion would also be systematically updated over the next year and a half). During the renovation, the Symphony of the Seed opening scene was removed, and the rainforest scene was expanded <ref name= "book"> The Epcot Explorer's Encyclopedia: A Guide to Walt Disney World's Greatest Theme Park</ref>. Furthermore, an automatic narration was installed for the first half of the attraction, and the ride's theme song "Listen to the Land" was removed <ref name= "book"/>. Finally, the Symphony of the Seed recap that concluded the original attraction was taken out and replaced with a collage of people and agriculture from all over the world. The "futuristic" growing methods showcased in this final scene were moved to an earlier part of the ride. On December 10, 1993, the attraction reopened as Living with the Land <ref name= "book"/>.
