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Farm Aid celebrates its 40th anniversary

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Figured we could switch it up and discuss some somewhat happier news.

Farm Aid will hold its 40th annual concert later today in Minneapolis. The nonprofit was founded by musicians Willie Nelson, Neil Young and John Cougar Mellencamp back in 1985 to support family farms across America.


Hard to believe Willie is still around and kickin'...

I still remember the clip of the first Farm Aid...where Willie Nelson got so high, he just casually wandered out on stage during another act's set in a pair of very short jean shorts lol... the band laughed and invited him to sing along, but then he just stood at the microphone with the 100 yard stare lol.

 
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Have not really keep up with this, i remember the first one back in the 80's. Has it really helped farmers, they all ready get huge subsidies from the government. I am guessing it has just turned in to a concert to have each year.

Lets say the first one raised 10 million, what would that have helped about 10 farmers.
 
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The target demographic of farmers they typically try to help are the ones that so small that they slip through the cracks of the federal subsidy system.

From my understanding, it's not so much for just blanket "cash-in-hand" payments to farmers.

Funds for emergency grants for small farmers is one aspect.
Facilitating loans for upstart farmers who can't yet access USDA loans
Legal support (via FLAG) for small family farmers who are facing eviction or back-taxes

So it is more of a needs-based system, rather than a "we'll just raise some money and give it to some random farmers"
 
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ThatRobGuy said:
The target demographic of farmers they typically try to help are the ones that so small that they slip through the cracks of the federal subsidy system.

From my understanding, it's not so much for just blanket "cash-in-hand" payments to farmers.

Funds for emergency grants for small farmers is one aspect.
Facilitating loans for upstart farmers who can't yet access USDA loans
Legal support (via FLAG) for small family farmers who are facing eviction or back-taxes

So it is more of a needs-based system, rather than a "we'll just raise some money and give it to some random farmers"
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Exactly.

The myth is that farmers are poor and struggling. The reality now days is that farmers are often incredibly wealthy. We are a million miles away from the mid 20th century when there were still alot of small holding farmers. Changes in postwar agriculture policy that predate contemporary politics sealed their fate. Using cheap agricultural commodities leveraged as soft power in the Cold War guaranteed that.
 
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Nah, not going to be donating to help keep unsuccessful businesses afloat.
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I think there's probably a lot of people who would rather voluntarily donate to smaller independent farms than have money siphoned out of their check (involuntarily) to prop up the modern form of farmer serfdom that is the modern "big food" system.
 
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ThatRobGuy said:
I think there's probably a lot of people who would rather voluntarily donate to smaller independent farms than have money siphoned out of their check (involuntarily) to prop up the modern form of farmer serfdom that is the modern "big food" system.
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I’m not going to donate my money to any business. What kind of nonsense is that?
 
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Desk trauma said:
I’m not going to donate my money to any business. What kind of nonsense is that?
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Right. Small farmers are all socialists* so they don't deserve it.

*Workers who own the means of production.
 
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BCP1928 said:
Right. Small farmers are all socialists* so they don't deserve it.
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Small farms are businesses. Why should I donate, not invest, money to keep a poorly preforming business afloat?
 
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