Farm Aid

...News' Nonprofit PR Awards program named the CPF as a finalist amongst national organizations such as the American Heart Association, Farm Aid, and the U.S. Postal Service. The award recognizes top performance by non-profit organizations in...

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...MusiCares "Person of the Year" for 2010. Neil Young is known almost as well for his charity and philanthropy work as he is for his music. The Farm Aid co-founder who also raises millions of dollars annually for physically and mentally impaired...

In this article: Neil Young, Reprise Records, Harvest Moon, Neil Young, Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere, Grammy Awards, and John Hanlon

...country. Just for the record, I like and approve of Dave Matthews for his involvement with Willie Nelson and Farm Aid. Why, he's even on the Farm Aid board. Kenny says every time he hears Matthews' voice, he smiles and remembers, but I...

In this article: Kenny Chesney, Dave Matthews, Brad Paisley, Dann Huff, Billy Ray Cyrus, Blake Shelton, Tom Cruise, and Trace Adkins

Obviously, the situation in which family farmers in America find themselves is bleak, but the activists, farmers, and artists-including Farm Aid's musical board members, Willie Nelson, Neil Young, John Mellencamp, and Dave Matthews-insisted...

In this article: Willie Nelson, Neil Young, Ernie Isley, Gretchen Wilson, Jason Mraz, St. Louis, Missouri, Wilco, and John Mellencamp

...by straw bales, facing a tent full of people outside the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater. The group gathered to kick off the Farm Aid benefit concert, which was held Sunday in the St. Louis area for the first time, and to talk about...

In this article: Neil Young, Dave Matthews, Jay Nixon, Missouri, Willie Nelson, Bratwurst, Composting, and Department of Agriculture

...concertgoers and people watching the concert at home can text FARMER to 90999 to donate $5 to help Farm Aid keep family farmers on their land. Farm Aid 2009 Presented by Horizon Organic was sponsored by DIRECTV, Silk, Anvil, Wind Capital...

In this article: USDA, Horizon Organic, Willie Nelson, DirecTV, John Mellencamp, Dave Matthews, Neil Young, and Homegrown

ST. LOUIS - Farm Aid, the longest-running benefit concert in the country, calls it the "good food" movement. But by any name, the growing American appetite for locally raised food has conferred upon farmers a kind of celebrity status - or,...

In this article: University of Missouri, St. Louis, Department of Agriculture, Illinois, and U.S. Department of Agriculture

...festival in Singapore in 2008. (Getty Images) Jason Mraz isn't a family farmer in the traditional sense that embodies the spirit of Farm Aid. But the "I'm Yours" singer is probably close enough. Mraz's grandfathers were farmers, and...

In this article: Jason Mraz, Willie Nelson, St. Louis, Tomato, Dave Matthews, and Dog

ST. LOUIS (AP) - About 21,000 concertgoers are expected to attend Farm Aid in suburban St. Louis next weekend, but organizers note there are plenty of other events planned where the public can learn more about agricultural issues. The Oct....

In this article: St. Louis, First Presbyterian Church, John Mellencamp, Gretchen Wilson, Dave Matthews, Willie Nelson, and Neil Young

ST. LOUIS | About 21,000 concertgoers are expected to attend Farm Aid in suburban St. Louis on Oct. 4, but organizers note that plenty of other events where the public can learn more about agricultural issues are planned. </p><p> The...

In this article: St. Louis, St. Louis area, First Presbyterian Church, DirecTV, John Mellencamp, Gretchen Wilson, and Dave Matthews