Farm Aid
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Farm Aid’s mission is to build a vibrant, family farm-centered system of agriculture in America. Also on Bluesky https://t.co/1ikoXFn2if + Threads
Cambridge, MA
Joined July 2008
Tickets for #FarmAid40 are on sale now at Farm Aid 40 will take place Saturday, Sept. 20, at Huntington Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, MN.
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Two nights in Minneapolis for #FarmAid40. First 12 rows. Exclusive photo pit access. Private Farm Aid Eve event. Willie, Neil, John, Dave, Margo, and more. All with your donation to help America’s family farmers. Donate To Win at
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Like Taj, the other artists we talked to for this episode – Cassandra Lewis, Waylon Payne and Charley Crockett — see their musical lives deeply intertwined with their love of the land and commitment to showing up for family farmers.
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We hear first from the legendary bluesman, Taj Mahal, who grew up picking tobacco and working on a dairy farm in Massachusetts before studying animal husbandry and agronomy in college.
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In this new episode of Against the Grain's series on Artists and Activism, we talk to artists who come from farming backgrounds and have joined Farm Aid over the years to stand up for family farmers....
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In this third episode of our podcast, Against the Grain, and its series on Artists and Activism, we talk to artists who come from farming backgrounds and have joined Farm Aid over the years to stand up for family farmers.
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We're looking forward to Trampled by Turtles making their debut on the Farm Aid stage next month in Minneapolis!.
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Put the Farm Aid festival experience in your hands with our official app!
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The Farm Aid 40 app allows you to:. — get festival updates first.— add artists, skillshare demonstrations and artist briefings to make your own schedule for the day.— find where you’re going with the festival map.— take photos with our camera frames .— and more.
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Put the entire Farm Aid 40 festival experience in your hands with our app for iPhone and Android!
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In a time when industrial agriculture dominates, Get Bentz Farm and the innovative partnership growing there, is a testament to what’s possible when community and creativity guide the work.
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From fleece to fabric at Get Bentz Farm: the remarkable story of turning sheep wool and garden plants into sustainable, Minnesota-made textiles.
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The podcast is also available on our YouTube channel: We'd love to hear what you think! Let us know.
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And then we talk to a power trio of women artists for whom storytelling is central to their art and politics: Farm Aid board artist Margo Price, Kyshona and Tami Neilson. Learn more + listen at
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We'll hear from Steve Duncombe, co-founder of the Center for Artistic Activism, who helps us understand how artists use storytelling to tap into emotion – a visceral response that moves listeners to act.
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Our podcast Against the Grain's series on Artists and Activism, has a new episode out that explores the ways artists use their storytelling skills and platforms to engage with important social and political issues.
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Please share this message from Willie Nelson:.
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For 40 years, Farm Aid has stood with farmers. They're not backing down, and neither are we.
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"For 40 years, Farm Aid has stood with farmers, supporting them to stay on their land even when corporate power, bad policies and broken promises make it harder to keep going. Family farmers aren't backing down, and neither are we.". — Willie Nelson, Farm Aid President.
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"I farm because. ". We asked family farmers to share why they farm. Here's what they told us.
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The #FarmAid40 lineup is growing! Kenny Chesney, Steve Earle, and Wynonna Judd are all joining the legends performing at our 40th anniversary festival.
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Get bonus material, a transcript, or listen at
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In episode 1 of Against the Grain's series on Artists and Activism, we focus on the American folk music tradition. Music journalist Dorian Lynskey provides valuable historical context and then we...
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