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A celebration of Farm Aid's 20th anniversary-a beautifully designed treasure documenting the struggles and contributions of family farmers in America and the more than 200 American artists who have played on the Farm Aid stage.
Rodale
October 2005
256 pages
ISBN: 1594862850
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction
A celebration of Farm Aid's 20th anniversary-a beautifully
designed treasure documenting the struggles and
contributions of family farmers in America and the more
than 200 American artists who have played on the Farm Aid
stage. When Willie Nelson organized the first Farm Aid concert in
1985, he hoped it would be a one-time event that would
ensure the continued survival of the national treasure upon
which our country was founded: the independent family
farmer. But two decades later, the nation is still losing an
average of 330 family farms per week. And the annual Farm
Aid concert, which has helped to raise more than $26
million to keep family farmers on their land, is now the
longest running benefit concert in history. To commemorate
this landmark and to call renewed attention to the
importance of where, how, and by whom our food is produced,
Farm Aid has put together this volume. Essays, interviews, poems, song lyrics, and fictional
excerpts mix with more than 200 color and black-and-white
photographs, including shots of farmland and farmers, as
well as never-before-seen pictures of Farm Aid performers,
from the late Johnny Cash and Roy Orbison to Bob Dylan and
Bonnie Raitt. Among the many contributors are writers Eric
Schlosser and Howard Zinn; performers Steve Earle and
Emmylou Harris; photographers Paul Natkin and Ebet Roberts;
and Farm Aid board members Neil Young, Dave Matthews, John
Mellencamp, and Willie Nelson.
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