Willie Nelson & Farm Aid Cut A Check For Over $1.3 Million In Grant Funding To Help Family Farms

Willie Nelson & Farm Aid Cut A Check For Over $1.3 Million In Grant Funding To Help Family Farms

Willie Nelson has been busy signing some very helpful and meaningful checks. Just in case you don’t know, Farm Aid was started by Willie Nelson, Neil Young and John Mellencamp back in 1985. They recognized a need to raise money to help farmers across the country, and as Farm Aid’s website explains, the event has been going strong ever since: “Since 1985, the annual Farm Aid festival has celebrated family farmers, good food and incredible music. …

Farm Aid gives $1.3 million in annual grants, marking 40 years of commitment

Following the success of its 40th anniversary music and food festival in Minneapolis, Farm Aid will distribute more than $1.3 million in grant funding this year to support family farmers, according to a press release by the group. 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, Dave Matthews and Margo Price host an annu…