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Series of Closeups of World-Class Performers Supporting Family Farmers
While the other musician Board members of the Farm Aid organization — Willie Nelson, Neil Young, John Mellencamp and Dave Matthews — have been stars for decades, Margo Price released her first country album in 2016. But that album's title — Midwest Farmers' Daughter — just hints at the family history that binds her to Farm Aid.
Farm Aid was launched in 1985 to support family farmers who were being devastated by an economic crisis — a result of the "go big or go home" philosophy that had taken root in national agriculture policy — that caused many to lose their farms or hold on by their fingernails. A year later, when Margo Price was three years old, her grandparents lost their farm in Aledo in western Illinois; Margo says this was "devastating" to the family and that "no one was ever the same after that."
These memories first made Margo a social activist and then, in 2021, the newest member of the Farm Aid Board.
I had the privilege to attend the 39th Annual Farm Aid Festival in Saratoga Springs, New York this past Saturday on behalf of Local Food Forum and to spend some time in the photographer pit just below the stage. Please enjoy these photos of Margo Price performing.
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