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 Farm Aid announced today
that its annual benefit festival will take place
on Saturday, Sept. 13, at Walnut Creek
Amphitheatre in Raleigh, N.C., with tickets on
sale to the public on Friday, Aug. 1.
"In North Carolina and across the Southeast,
family farmers have struggled to stay on the
land, but they have also pioneered new roads to
economic sustainability. This region knows the
value of its farmers and offers increasing
opportunities for new farmers to build a strong
regional food system," said Farm Aid
President Willie Nelson. "On the Farm Aid
stage Saturday, September 13, we'll celebrate
family farmers and the healthy communities
they're growing for all of us."
Farm Aid 2014 will feature Farm Aid board members
Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp, Neil Young and
Dave Matthews with Tim Reynolds as well as Jack
White, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Jamey
Johnson, North Carolina's own Delta Rae, Lukas
Nelson & Promise of the Real, Carlene Carter,
Pegi Young & The Survivors, and Insects vs
Robots.
Farm Aid 2014, an all-day music and food
festival, will feature a unique lineup of artists
and genres and will offer concert-goers family
farm-identified, local and organic foods with its
own HOMEGROWN  Concessions.
In Farm Aid's HOMEGROWN Village, attendees will
have the chance to meet farmers, engage in
hands-on food and farm activities, and learn
about the ways family farmers are enriching our
soil, protecting our water and growing our
economy, in addition to bringing us good food for
good health.
"There is a fair-like feeling when you go to
Farm Aid. All day long, people are performing
onstage and food from family farmers is being
served," said Farm Aid board member John
Mellencamp. "It's a great occasion for
families to come listen to great music and teach
their children about where their food comes from.
We're proud to bring Farm Aid 2014 to North
Carolina for the first time to feature the family
farmers whose hard work and innovations are
essential for all of us."
Farm Aid's mission is to build a vibrant, family
farm-centered system of agriculture in America.
Farm Aid artists and board members Willie Nelson,
Neil Young, John Mellencamp and Dave Matthews
host an annual concert to raise funds to support
Farm Aid's work with family farmers and to
inspire people to choose family farm food. Since
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