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| Willie Nelson - Courtesy of FarmAid.org |
“I've always believed that the most important people on the planet are the ones who plant the seeds and care for the soil where they are grown.”
– Willie Nelson
This morning Willie Nelson and the fine folks with Farm
Aid announced that Farm Aid 2014 will take place on September 13, 2014. It will be held in Raleigh, North Carolina at
Walnut Creek Amphitheatre.
The Farm Aid 2014 Lineup includes several regulars, as
well as newcomers to the concert series. Entertainers include Willie Nelson
& Family, Neil Young, John Mellencamp, Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds,
Jack White, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Jamey Johnson, Delta Rae, Carlene
Carter, Pegi Young & The Survivors, Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real,
and Insects vs Robots.
Farm Aid will highlight independent family farmers as
essential to the well-being of our country. All across the country, family
farmers are rebuilding local and regional food systems, re-energizing the
economy, taking care of our natural resources and growing the good food we need
as healthy citizens. Through the dedicated hard work of its board of directors,
the support of many thousands of donors and the nearly four hundred artists who
have generously donated their time and performances, Farm Aid is the longest
running benefit concert series in America.
Since 1985, Farm Aid has helped grow the Good Food
Movement. More and more people want to know where their food comes from, how
it’s grown and who grows it. The success of this movement is why there’s a
vegetable garden on the White House lawn, a national conversation about what
our kids eat, and increasing political will to broaden access to fresh, healthy
food and investigate the stranglehold that corporations have on our food system.
As farming once again becomes a viable career choice,
more people are becoming farmers, replenishing our country with new ideas and innovations,
growing local and regional economies, contributing to our national economic
recovery, taking care of our natural resources and ensuring good food from
family farms for everyone. This is Farm Aid’s hope and vision for a new
American agriculture.
Tickets for Farm Aid 2014 will go on sale to the public
on Friday, August 1, at 10 a.m. EDT. Tickets will be available at
www.livenation.com, the Walnut Creek Amphitheatre box office, all Ticketmaster
outlets or by phone at 800-745-3000. Tickets range in price from $49 to $175.
For more information about Farm Aid, North Carolina food
and agriculture issues, and Farm Aid’s event policies, visit www.farmaid.org.
You can also follow Farm Aid on Twitter (@FarmAid) and on Facebook
(www.facebook.com/farmaid).
