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	Farm Aid - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Farm Aid started as a benefit concert on September 22, 1985 in Champaign, Illinois, held to raise money for family farmers in the United States.
		Farm Aid VII September 18, 1994 New Orleans, Louisiana
		Farm Aid 2006 will take place on September 30th at the Tweeter Center in Camden, New Jersey Acts scheduled to play are Neil Young, Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp, and Dave Matthews.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Farm_Aid (890 words)

	Farm Aid Encyclopedia Articles @ LandCompany.com (Land Company)
		Farm Aid III September 19, 1987 in Lincoln, Nebraska
		Farm Aid '99 September 12, 1999 in Bristow, Virginia
		Farm Aid 2000 September 17, 2000 in Bristow, Virginia
	www.landcompany.com /encyclopedia/Farm_Aid (1008 words)

	Farm Aid 2004
		Farm Aid 2004 was held at the White River Amphitheater on the Muckleshoot Reservation just outside of Auburn, Washington for their 19th year.
		Farm Aid is a benefit concert sponsored by Willie Nelson, Neil Young, John Mellencamp and Dave Matthews to support national, regional and local efforts to build and strengthen family farm food systems.
		Farm Aid was started to support the American farmer many years ago by this organization and continues to be needed more and more as more farms are closing down and losing out to the conglomerates and foreign imports.
	www.rockpublication.com /farmaid2004.htm (617 words)

	Farm-Aid 2005: Chicago, Illinois
		Farm Aid's organizers moved quickly to ensure that some funds from the concert were earmarked for rural areas on the Gulf Coast devastated by Hurricane Katrina in late August, which they say have been neglected by the authorities.
		Farm Aid, one of the largest and longest-running benefit concert events in America, played its first West Coast date yesterday at the White River Amphitheatre on the Muckleshoot Reservation in Auburn, and it was an unqualified success.
		Farm Aid, in its nineteenth year, is typically held in the Midwest, but Washington is the home to more than 30,000 of the family farms that the event seeks to help with its proceeds.
	www.freedomtoexhale.com /farmaid.htm (4315 words)

	Conscious Choice: Farm Aid: Activism Takes the Stage
		Since Farm Aid began they have raised nearly $25 million to support family farmers, and their concert series is the longest-running event of its kind.
		Farm Aid has always been designed to help keep family farmers on their land, a daunting challenge in a country where five million farmers have left the profession in the last century and an astonishing 330 farm operators leave their land every week.
		Farm Aid was inspired by the successful 1985 Live Aid concert that raised millions to alleviate famine in Ethiopia.
	www.consciouschoice.com /2003/cc1611/farmaid1611.html (1589 words)

	Farm Aid comes to Pittsburgh
		Farm Aid 2002 will take place Sept. 21 at the Post-Gazette Pavilion in Burgettstown with a lineup featuring Nelson, Mellencamp and Young, as well as Dave Matthews, who last fall became the first artist to be appointed to Farm Aid's board.
		Farm Aid began in the mid-1980s when rising interest rates and falling produce prices resulted in unprecedented numbers of bank foreclosures for family farmers.
		Farm Aid's financial contribution pales in comparison to government subsidies of farmers, which amounted to $28 billion in 2000.
	www.post-gazette.com /ae/20020723farmaid0723p1.asp (949 words)

	Farm Aid News and Views July/Aug 1997
		Farm Aid was founded in 1985 by Nelson, Mellencamp, Young and Conlee to raise public awareness about the plight of the American family farmer and to provide assistance to those families whose livelihood depends on agriculture.
		Farm Aid identified farmers in other states with hay to donate and arranged transportation of the hay to Texas, with the help of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters.
		Farm Aid has stepped in to provide assistance to farm and rural families whose plight was largely overlooked by the national media.
	www.ibiblio.org /london/permaculture/mailarchives/sanet2/msg00877.html (1462 words)

	Why We Still Need Farm Aid
		Farm Aid organizers told the media this year that 20,000 family farms were foreclosed upon in 2001 alone, and that represents a decline in the number of foreclosures.
		Farm Aid's goal is to keep family farmers on their land and to restore a strong family farm system of agriculture."
		Farm Aid is a media event as much as a fundraiser for farmers in crisis.
	www.hsus.org /farm_animals/farm_animals_news/why_we_still_need_farm_aid.html (1345 words)

	U.S. Newswire : Releases : "Farm Aid 2005 Presented by Silk Soymilk Marks 20 Years of Aid and Activism..." (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Farm Aid originated in response to a man-made crisis in the 1980s and has remained true to its mission since the beginning.
		Farm Aid's efforts have established a platform for family farmers to help create a movement that increases the supply and demand for family farm-identified food.
		Farm Aid's vision is to offer as many opportunities as possible for farmers to provide us with good products-food and alternative fuels that protect our land, our health and our environment.
	releases.usnewswire.com /GetRelease.asp?id=53639 (874 words)

	Farm Aid at opensource encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Farm Aid was a musical performance on 22 September, 1985 in Champaign, Illinois to raise money for United States farmers.
		The concert was organized by Willie Nelson and John Mellencamp.
		Today, Farm Aid is an organization that works to increase awareness of the importance of family farms, and puts on an annual concert of country, blues and rock music with a variety of stars.
	www.wiki.tatet.com /Farm_Aid.html (240 words)

	FARM AID 2000 @ suitelorraine.com
		It is my honor as the president of FARM AID to thank the hundreds of artists, their bands, crews, managers, publicists, booking agents, record labels and fans who have donated their energy and talent over the years to help family farmers tell their story to the American public.
		The first Farm Bill was created during the Dust Bowl of the 1930's as a means to assist and protect family farmers because the American government knew how important family farmers were to the consumers and to the economy.
		They tell me that FARM AID has made a difference in their lives, not just through the hotlines and farm organizations that FARM AID supports, but also because FARM AID lets farmers know that there are people out there-like-you-who care about family farmers.
	www.suitelorraine.com /suitelorraine/Pages/farmaid.html (662 words)

	Farm Aid Fraud
		Farm Aid funds are siphoned into groups that are filing lawsuits against family farms.
		As I continue to do more research into Farm Aid, I am amazed at the extent of the ties between Farm Aid and the movement that wants to completely rid animal agriculture from the U.S. Farm Aid has acquired millions of dollars because the term "family farm" has tremendous sentimental value with the American public.
		Farm Aid funds support Concerned Citizens of Iowa (CCI) who brag on their website "At the local level, CCI helped pass factory farm moratoriums in four counties and passed ordinances in four other counties."
	www.maninnature.com /Management/Farming/Farm1b.html (740 words)

	Conscious Choice: Farm Aid 2000
		In this election year, Farm Aid is calling on presidential candidates, congressional representatives, and voters across America to help end the disastrous farm policies that have caused the lowest commodity prices in thirty years thereby forcing thousands of farm families from their homes and land.
		The concept for Farm Aid was born during the 1985 Live Aid Concert (a benefit to fight starvation and disease in Ethiopia) when Bob Dylan said on stage that it would be great if people did something for our own farmers here in America.
		As Farm Aid celebrates its fifteenth anniversary, it remains an important tool in the fight against corporatization of agriculture — but the war is far from over.
	www.consciouschoice.com /2000/cc1311/farmaid20001311.html (884 words)

	Farm Aid Information: Farm Aid Information @ BuySellTix.com.
		Farm Aid II was held on July 4, 1986 in Austin, Texas.
		Farm Aid III was held in Lincoln, Nebraska on September 19, 1987.
		Farm Aid staged its fifth concert on March 14, 1992, at the Texas Stadium in Irving, Texas at the invitation of Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones.
	www.buyselltix.com /concerts/artistInfo/farmAidInfo.php (304 words)

	Farm Aid Concert Plows It Under - Sep 17, 1997 - E! Online News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Farm Aid program director Harry Smith said the group just didn't think "it was right to go forward" if the event couldn't at least match last year's ticket sales of 35,000.
		Surprisingly, Farm Aid 1997 sported a strong, eclectic, lineup, from the benefit veterans (Nelson, Mellencamp and Young) to current MTV kings (Beck and the Dave Matthews Band).
		Farm Aid's other programs--offering assistance to the nation's farming families--will continue, even with its biggest fund-raiser in the mothballs.
	www.eonline.com /News/Items/0,1,1785,00.html (471 words)

	Farm Aid: About Us
		The mission of Farm Aid is to keep family farmers on their land.
		Farm Aid has raised more than $27 million to promote a strong and resilient family farm system of agriculture.
		Farm Aid promotes sustainable agriculture, fights factory farms, advocates for fair farm prices, and provides credit counseling and direct assistance to farm families.
	faid.convio.net /site/PageServer?pagename=aboutus_home (263 words)

	cbs2chicago.com - Report: Farm Aid Donates Small Percentage Of Funds (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		In 2004, Farm Aid doled out $387,641 in 57 grants to local organizations that give the money to farmers, while its total revenue for the year was slightly more than $1.4 million, according to IRS records.
		The first Farm Aid concert was held in 1985 in the central Illinois city of Champaign and attracted 80,000 fans.
		Evelyn Shriver, a director on Farm Aid's board, said she was "shocked" about the percentage of the money going to grants.
	cbs2chicago.com /topstories/local_story_260073229.html (542 words)

	Farm Aid
		In 1985, Farm Aid was born from the passion and commitment of a group of musical artists who wanted to give something back to the rural communities that raised them.
		As the farm crisis has become a chronic problem, Farm Aid funds have allowed small projects to grow into strong organizations which build on the energy and know-how of thousands of family farmers across the country.
		Farm Aid President Willie Nelson, reflecting on the woes that farmers have suffered over the past 15 years, said Farm Aid 2000 must represent a...
	www.charitywire.com /charity62 (1201 words)

	Farm Aid: Good Food, Family Farmers, Better America (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Working to keep family farmers on their land, Farm Aid brings together family farmers and citizens to guarantee fresh local food is available to you.
		Farm Aid exceeds the 65 percent standard for program expenditures set by the Better Business Bureau and other charity watchdog groups that monitor non-profit performance.
		Eighty cents of every Farm Aid dollar goes to programs supporting family farmers, including grants to organizations that help keep farmers on their land.
	www.farmaid.org (160 words)

	Farm Aid crops up with local benefit
		The mid-1980s were a gold mine of concerts for a cause, but Farm Aid is one of the few to have survived the millennium.
		Nelson, Farm Aid's president, is adamant the group should take its message to as many corners of the nation as possible, especially so farmers can see the show, Mugar said.
		Farm Aid has funded Washington farmers, but Mugar says by coming to the state, more area farmers will benefit.
	seattlepi.nwsource.com /pop/184518_farmaid02.html (1041 words)

	Farm Aid III in Lincoln Nebraska
		The cost to stage Farm Aid concerts has remained at less that one per cent of the donations, which is low compared to what some charities spend for administration.
		Farmers' reactions to the Farm Aid concerts were as varied as the farmers themselves.
		Some farmers didn't think contributions to Farm Aid did much for farmers who were struggling to hold on to their farms.
	www.nebraskastudies.org /1000/stories/1001_0119.html (1082 words)

	Farm Aid St. James Encyclopedia of Pop Culture - Find Articles
		Farm Aid is an advocacy group that, since the mid-1980s, has called attention to the plight of the American family farm through a series of high-profile live concerts that feature many of the music industry's leading performers.
		Farm Aid has also provided a forum for some exciting musical collaborations, such as Bob Dylan's work with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, which led to a substantial tour.
		Farm Aid began to affect U.S. farm policy in 1987 when Nelson, Mellencamp, and a group of family farmers were called to testify before Congress, which later passed the Agricultural Credit Act.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_g1epc/is_tov/ai_2419100426 (306 words)

	U.S. Newswire : Releases : "Farm Aid Awards Grants for Family Farm Agriculture..." (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The bulk of the funds, which will be distributed the last week of December to 57 family farm and rural service organizations across the country, will support a variety of programs that help farm families stay on their land and build local markets.
		Much of the money raised by Farm Aid this year was the result of the 20th anniversary concert held Sept. 18 at the Tweeter Center in Tinley Park, Ill. A broadcast of the concert is currently available free via Video on Demand to select cable carriers.
		FARM AID: A Song for America was released this fall and chronicles the series of concerts and the accomplishments of the organization that galvanized a grassroots movement for the independent family farm.
	releases.usnewswire.com /GetRelease.asp?id=58530 (435 words)

	NASD: SAFE FARM - Promoting Agricultural Health & Safety
		Farming is a dangerous occupation, not just in the number of deaths but also the high rate of injuries that occur on the job.
		Farm first aid kits should be used to help treat day-to-day injuries.
		First aid manuals and a basic course of instruction are available from your local chapter of the American Red Cross.
	www.cdc.gov /nasd/docs/d001001-d001100/d001080/d001080.html (1133 words)

	Farm Aid - Nostalgia Central (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Farm foreclosures rose dramatically and the crisis had a ripple effect, negatively impacting farm-related industry and rural community businesses.
		Instigator Willie Nelson was inspired by Bob Dylan's comment at the end of the Live Aid concert spectacular, "Maybe they can take one or two million and use it to pay the mortgages on some of the farms".
		The farm crisis had abated by the end of the Eighties, however, and public interest waned.
	www.nostalgiacentral.com /pop/farmaid.htm (446 words)

	Farm Aid concert comes to Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
		Since then, Farm Aid has provided more than $15 million in grants to family-owned farms, offering legal assistance and emergency aid for groceries, clothing, medical and utility bills.
		Guests from Pennsylvania farms and advocacy groups will speak about the roles of family farmers and the threats to their livelihoods.
		Farm Aid organizers also hint that some of the musicians from Saturday's Farm Aid concert also might attend.
	www.pittsburghlive.com /x/s_91990.html (718 words)

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