Farm Aid 2008 - Press Event (part 5 of 5)

This is the press event held the morning of Farm Aid's 2008 concert in Mansfield, Massachusetts. Willie Nelson, Neil Young, John Mellencamp, and Dave Matthews speak about the importance of family farmers for our food, the environment, the economy, and in our lives.

NECN host Jim Braude serves as the M.C. of the event and Farm Aid Executive Director Carolyn Mugar also speaks, along with Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick, Francis Moore Lappé, Brenna Chase, and Duwan Grant. Appearing on stage are the musical performers The Elms, Will Daley, One Flew South, Grace Potter and the Nocturnals, moe., Arlo Guthrie, Jamey Johnson, Nation Beat, and Jakob Dylan.

Category:

Nonprofits & Activism

Tags:

• farm aid
• farmaid
• agriculture
• family farmers
• willie nelson
• john mellencamp
• neil young
• dave matthews
• francis moore lappé
• concert
• press conference
• deval patrick

[bluebirdsofafeather]

Thanks for bringing social responsibility back into Music. It has been so greatly missed. The young are starving for common sense & when you taste the good food you do not forget. May the children's understanding of "from seed to plate" grow at exponential rates. Thank you Wendell Berry, Willie, Neil, John, Dave, & all who participate in this grass roots cause. Where are all the other musicians/public figures who have the same responsibility? The list of those who do not support you is so long.