Farm Aid Friend and Singe Songwriter Amos Lee will be the featured entertainer at An Evening with Farm Aid at Haven’s Kitchen in New York City on April 24. Enjoy an evening of great food and music and support Farm Aid’s mission to save our nation’s family farms by purchasing a ticket to the event.
March 14, 1992
Irving, Texas
Willie Nelson’s Farm Aid V plays to about 40,000 fans in Irving, Texas, with Neil Young, John Mellencamp, Joe Walsh, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Lorrie Morgan, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Ricky Van Shelton, The Kentucky HeadHunters, Hal Ketchum and Paul Simon.
Economic Recovery starts in the Heartland with Family Farmers” was Farm Aid’s theme for 1992. Farmers Home Administration sent out 40,000 foreclosure notices to troubled farms. The impact of the loss of these farms on rural communities was devastating. Every five farms that closed down took one small business with them. Small towns across America were being boarded up. Schools, hospitals and farm houses were left empty.
Willie Nelson and Farm Aid helped to bring this to the attention of the new Clinton Administration. Farm Aid joined family farm organizations in expressing hope for greater access to this administration in order to change federal policies to support family farming.
Arc Angels
Asleep At The Wheel
Bandaloo Doctors
Eddie Brickell
Mary-Chapin Carpenter
Tracy Chapman
Mark Chesnutt
John Conlee
Joe Ely
Geezinslaw Brothers
Georgia Satellites
Johnny Gimble
Arlo Guthrie
Merle Haggard
John Hiatt
Waylon Jennings
Kentucky Headhunters
Kris Kristofferson
Little Village
Lynyrd Skynyrd
John Mellencamp
Lorrie Morgan
Willie Nelson
Bonnie Raitt
Michelle Shocked
Paul Simon
Petra
Texas Tornadoes
Ricky Van Shelton
Joe Walsh
Jimmy Webb
Neil Young
Farm Aid Board Members Willie Nelson, Neil Young, Dave Matthews, John Mellencamp
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Each year, Farm Aid partners with, and grants to, farm organizations all across the country that are working to change the farm and food system. Take a look at our new column, Growing Change, where we highlight the amazing on-the-ground work these organizations are doing and the positive results they’re achieving for their communities.
For the inaugural column, we looked at the work of the New Entry Sustainable Farming Project out of Lowell, Massachusetts. They work with immigrant and refugee farmers to develop farm businesses here in the U.S., contributing to the vitality and sustainability of New England’s agriculture
The New Entry Sustainable Farming Project (New Entry) is an organization based in Massachusetts that was one of the first programs in the country to help immigrant and refugee farmers develop farm businesses in the U.S.
New Entry’s work contributes to the vitality and sustainability of New England’s agriculture, and builds long-term economic self-reliance and food security among its diverse communities. At the same time, it is expanding access to high-quality, locally grown and culturally appropriate foods in underserved areas.
A partner of Farm Aid’s since 2008 — and a current grantee of our national Grant Program — we’re so grateful for all the work that the dedicated staff at New Entry do year-round to foster the next generation of America’s family farmers. (more…)
