Farm Aid

South Carolina farmer Nathaniel Rhodes is selling his crops for the same prices farmers got in 1970, while the cost of everything else has gone up dramatically.

Congrats to Madison Hinkle, who scored a signed Margo Price Signature J-45, made by Gibson and tickets to Farm Aid 2026! Watch Margo perform “Hands of Time” from Farm Aid 2024 in Saratoga Springs, NY. #WeekendMusic Margo Price Photo by © Sharon Carone youtu.be/-fJUfSIlNFo?si…

Since last fall, Farm Aid board artist Margo Price has been touring with a one-of-a-kind road case filled with artifacts from her family farm and her Farm Aid story. Fans who stopped to explore it had the chance to enter to win some incredible prizes.

Farm Aid's investment in regional farm organizations helped build the infrastructure that advocates rely on today. VT farmer Kate Duesterberg traces how that movement took shape, connecting farmers across the country and bringing them into conversations that affect their lives.

Monsanto says shielding itself from responsibility for the harms of its pesticides would help farmers, but FarmSTAND Executive Director and Co-Founder Jessica Culpepper explains why farmers are better off when Big Ag is held accountable. agri-pulse.com/articles/24620…

A well-deserved honor for our founder and president, Willie Nelson, on the TIME 100 Philanthropy list! Willie's generosity, loyalty and stick-to-it-iveness are part of the DNA of Farm Aid. time.com/collection/tim…

If you are a farmer in need of assistance, please contact 1-800-FARM-AID to speak with a member of our hotline team.

Through his work in mental health advocacy, he reminds us that farm resilience isn’t just about surviving financial hardship, it’s also about facing the mental health struggles so many farmers carry in silence. Read Bob's story: farmaid.org/blog/farmer-he… #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth

Farmers understand that mental health is important. MN #FarmerHero Bob Worth has spent 55 years caring for the same land he grew up on, carrying forward a legacy of persistence and generational resilience. Bob’s story is not exclusively the crops he grows or the acres he farms.

Minnesota farmer Pearce Jensen on what communities actually lose when a large corporation moves in and displaces local family farms.

We love the sight of dairy cows grazing beneath wide-open skies. Photo: Scott Streble

Farm Aid centers the voices that mainstream ag conversations tend to leave out. TN Rep. Justin Jones on why seeing indigenous farmers, farmers of color, women, and queer farmers at the center of this space matters, and what it says about what farming actually looks like today.

#weekendmusic Podcast: farmaid.org/chillicothe1 Performance: youtu.be/DD0gmTs43aE?si…

Our new podcast series covers the 40th anniversary of a Chillicothe, MO, farmer protest where John Mellencamp performed before 10,000 people using a flatbed truck as a stage. Watch his 1986 set & listen to our podcast for more about the longest farmer protest in US history.

Oregon farmer and activist Kendra Kimbirauskas on why the Farm Aid community is where farmers and advocates turn when they need answers. It's a network of people who know each other's strengths and have deep experience with the hardest problems in agriculture.

Our new 2-part podcast series features John Mellencamp, Carolyn Mugar, MRCC organizers Rhonda Perry and Roger Allison, archival audio from the Rev. Jesse Jackson and more. farmaid.org/podcast

40 years ago, farmers and allies in Chillicothe, MO, launched the longest sustained farmer protest in U.S. history — a 145-day blockade of a USDA office during the 1980s Farm Crisis. farmaid.org/podcast

Organized by Missouri Rural Crisis Center, the 145-day blockade brought together a multiracial working-class coalition of civil rights, labor and farm activists to demand action for farm families facing bankruptcy.

40 years ago, John Mellencamp traveled to Chillicothe, MO, to join farmers blocking the local Farmers Home Administration office in what became the longest farmer protest in the US! Listen to our podcast Against the Grain to hear more. farmaid.org/podcast

What began in 1985 during the Farm Crisis is still going strong 40 years later. Farm Aid keeps fighting for family farmers and a fair food system—because the work isn’t done. Help us go another 40. Give now. youtube.com/watch?v=QAyzFG…