Farm Aid
Nonprofit Organization and Advocacy Group
Farm Aid: Meet Jason Mraz, gentleman farmer...Amphitheater on Sunday. The benefit concert features Farm Aid founders Willie Nelson, Neil Young and John Mellencamp, along with Farm Aid board member Dave Matthews, Wilco, Gretchen Wilson and others. "When I was younger, I remember... In this article: Farm Aid, Jason Mraz, Willie Nelson, St. Louis, Tomato, Dave Matthews, and Dog |
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L.A. Times - Entertainment News | August 11, 2009
Grammys: Neil Young to receive MusiCares honor
...of their career to charitable and philanthropic causes. Young co-founded Farm Aid in 1985 with musicians Willie Nelson and John Mellencamp to help raise money for family farms. The organization continues to host an annual concert, with...
In this article: Neil Young, Grammy Award, John Mellencamp, Willie Nelson, Wilco, Don Henley, and Dave Matthews
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USATODAY.com | July 16, 2009
Farm Aid to hold concert in suburban St. Louis
...to the general public on July 25. Willie Nelson, Neil Young and John Mellencamp organized the first Farm Aid concert in 1985 to raise money for family farmers and draw attention to their plight. Dave Matthews joined the Farm Aid Board...
In this article: St. Louis, All rights reserved, USA Today, John Mellencamp, Dave Matthews, Willie Nelson, and Neil Young
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Business Wire Entertainment News | September 14, 2009
EternaGreen Premium BioChar Farm Aid Concert VIP Ticket Giveaway
...can in the global agricultural movement. " Farm Aid 2009 Presented by Horizon Organic will feature Farm Aid board members Willie Nelson, Neil Young, John Mellencamp and Dave Matthews on Sunday, October 4, at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater...
In this article: Horizon Organic, Carbon, John Mellencamp, Dave Matthews, Willie Nelson, Neil Young, Phosphorus, and Nitrogen
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Independent.co.uk - Music | October 02, 2009
Annual Farm Aid live concert to help US family farms (reminder)
...US family farms (reminder) Willie Nelson's 24th annual Farm Aid music festival will feature performances by fellow board members of the organization such as Neil Young, John Mellencamp, and Dave Matthews. The all-day concerts happen on...
In this article: Willie Nelson, Mad Cow, Phosphorescent, DirecTV, Wilco, John Mellencamp, Gretchen Wilson, Dave Matthews, and Neil Young
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PR Newswire | September 25, 2009
Farm Aid Adds Gretchen Wilson to All-Star Line-Up at St. Louis Music Festival
...on Sunday, October 4 at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater in Maryland Heights, Mo. Wilson will join Farm Aid board members Willie Nelson, Neil Young, John Mellencamp, and Dave Matthews, who will perform with Tim Reynolds, at the show, along...
In this article: Gretchen Wilson, St. Louis, Horizon Organic, Directv, John Mellencamp, Dave Matthews, Willie Nelson, Neil Young, and Jam band
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Centre Daily Times | August 31, 2009
Farm Aid 2009 to Broadcast Live in HD and Commercial Free Exclusively on DIRECTV’s The 101 Network
Farm Aid artists and board members Willie Nelson, Neil Young, John Mellencamp and Dave Matthews host an annual concert to raise funds to support Farm Aid's work with family farmers and to inspire people to choose family-farmed food. Since...
In this article: Directv, John Mellencamp, Dave Matthews, Willie Nelson, Neil Young, Jason Mraz, Phosphorescent, and Homegrown
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Farm Aid started as a benefit concert on September 22, 1985, in Champaign, Illinois, held to raise money for family farmers in the United States. The concert was organized by Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp and Neil Young, spurred on by Bob Dylan's comments at Live Aid earlier in that year. (Dylan said, "I hope that some of the money...maybe they can just take a little bit of it, maybe...one or two million, maybe...and use it, say, to pay the mortgages on some of the farms and, the farmers here, owe to the banks....") Nelson and Mellencamp then brought family farmers before Congress to testify about the state of family farming in America. Congress subsequently passed the Agricultural Credit Act of 1987 to help save family farms from foreclosure.
Today, Farm Aid is an organization that works to increase awareness of the importance of family farms, and puts on an annual concert of country, blues and rock music with a variety of stars. The board of directors includes Nelson, Mellencamp, Neil Young, and Dave Matthews. Young's speeches about the environment are a highlight of the annual shows.
The 2005 concert, marked the 20th anniversary of Farm Aid, took place at the Tweeter Center in Tinley Park, Illinois, with events in downtown Chicago as well. The 2007 Concert took place at Randalls Island in New York City (1st Farm Aid in New York) and was recorded in High Definition to be broadcast on HDNet as a 2 Hour Special highlighting many of the performances from the Allman Brothers and Counting Crows to John Mellencamp and Willie Nelson.
- Name:
- Farm Aid
- Location:
- Louisville, Kentucky (1995)
- Founder:
- Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp and Neil Young
- Years Active:
- 1992 – Present
- 1989 – 1990
- 1985 – 1987
- Genre:
- All
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