Farm Aid 2009 Presented by Horizon Organic will take place this Sunday, October 4, 2009 at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre in Maryland Heights, MO. Again this year, Farm Aid will be broadcast live on DIRECTV. A 6-hour live show will air on DIRECTV’s 101 Network from 4:00 – 10:00 pm Central Time.
The DIRECTV Farm Aid concert coverage will be repeated several times during the week ending October 11, 2009. The DIRECTV show will also stream live on the Farm Aid website, and can be viewed during the week after the concert. Farm Aid will also be broadcast on satellite radio. SIRIUS XM Radio will be broadcasting the live Farm Aid concert on Sunday beginning at 2:00 pm Central Time on Willie’s Place, SIRIUS Channel 64, XM Channel 13.
Working to keep family farmers on their land, Farm Aid brings together family farmers and citizens to guarantee family farm food is available to you. Farm Aid’s mission is to build a vibrant family-farm centered system of agriculture in America. New this year, Farm Aid will be running a text-to-donate campaign.
Cell phone users can now support Farm Aid with a $5 donation by texting the word FARMER to 90999.