Willie Nelson performed at the annual Farm Aid concert in North Carolina on September 13. The annual event allows concert-goers to watch live performances as well as eat food from family farmers who sell their food at the event. This year, there were performances from Neil Young, John Mellencamp, Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds, Jack White, and more.
Nelson is the co-founder and president of the non-profit organization Farm Aid. The mission of the organization is to help keep family farmers on their land. The first Farm Aid concert took place in 1985. Since then, the organization has raised over $45 million.
Helping farmers remain on their farms is a cause Willie Nelson has promoted for many years. In 2006, the South Central Farm, an urban farm in Los Angeles, where members of the community could grow their own food, was to be bulldozed. Willie Nelson as well as Daryl Hannah and Joan Baez protested the closure of the urban farm. The South Central Farm was the subject of WWMPC's Welcome to Eden.
For more information, see the Farm Aid website at http://www.farmaid.org/site/c.qlI5IhNVJsE/b.2739785/apps/s/content.asp?ct=14208689
