Farm Aid Board: Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp, Neil Young, Dave Matthews, Margo Price, Jennifer Fahy, Co-Executive Director and Communications Director, Shorlette Ammons, Co-Executive Director and Program Director
Photo: Chris Marden
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Farm Aid Board Members and Co-Directors
Monday, September 22nd, 2025John Mellencamp, Farm Aid 40
Monday, September 22nd, 2025John Mellencamp, live at Farm Aid
Tuesday, May 20th, 2025“Willie Nelson Deserves the Nobel Peace Prize” — John Mellencamp
Friday, February 28th, 2025
“One By Willie” podcast, by John Spong
John Mellencamp, one of Willie’s fellow Rock and Roll Hall of Fame members and a Farm Aid co-founder, has been a fan since first hearing “Funny How Time Slips Away” as a pre-teen in Seymour, Indiana. That song was one of Willie’s first contributions to the American Songbook, a reliable hit for other artists for nearly 15 years before Willie finally became a star, and it gets Mellencamp musing on parallels between early Willie and Bob Dylan—and how he later followed Willie’s lead in his own bitter battles with record industry overlords. From there we get into the unlikely origin of Farm Aid, the ongoing fight for the American farmer, and why Mellencamp thinks Willie deserves the Nobel Peace Prize.
Working hard supporting Family Farmers since 1985
Tuesday, July 11th, 2023
GREAT MUSIC, SUPPORTING FARMERS, AND STRENGTHENING AMERICA SINCE 1985
Willie Nelson, Neil Young and John Mellencamp organized the first Farm Aid concert in 1985 to raise awareness about the loss of family farms and to raise funds to keep farm families on the land. Dave Matthews joined the Farm Aid Board of Directors in 2001, and Margo Price joined in 2021. Farm Aid has raised more than $70 million to promote a strong and resilient family farm system of agriculture. Farm Aid is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to build a vibrant, family farm-centered system of agriculture in America.
Learn more about Farm Aid’s work in this video:
John Mellencamp: #Farmersforclimateaction
Saturday, March 11th, 2023John Mellencamp speaks and performs “Rain on the Scarecrow” and “Pink Houses” at the Rally for Resilience: Farmers for Climate Action. This rally took place yesterday, March 7, in Washington, D.C., in Freedom Plaza. #farmersforclimateaction
“Rain on the Scarecrow” — John Mellencamp, Farm Aid 2021
Friday, February 24th, 2023Happy Birthday, John Mellencamp
Thursday, October 7th, 2021Farm Aid Heroes
Monday, April 5th, 2021
Dave Matthews, Willie Nelson, Neil Young, John Mellencamp
John Mellencamp, “Jack and Diane” (Farm Aid 2019)
Tuesday, September 24th, 2019
Farm Aid Heroes
Tuesday, May 28th, 2019
John Mellencamp, Press Conference, Farm Aid 2018
Tuesday, September 25th, 2018Willie Nelson and John Mellencamp
Sunday, September 23rd, 2018
Farm Aid Board Members
Sunday, September 23rd, 2018
Dave Matthews, Willie Nelson, Neil Young, John Mellencamp