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Great Content and Speakers Will Focus on Building Rural and Community Power
While the great concert lineup at Saturday's Farm Aid Festival in Saratoga Springs, New York will draw most of the public attention, the organizers also provide discussions about the current and longstanding issues faced by advocates of a better food system.
This includes their Farmer Forum that takes place tomorrow (Friday, September 20) in Saratoga Springs from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. And everyone can tune in to the live stream of this important event.
Here is the description provided by the organizers.
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Join our live stream on September 20, to watch farmers, advocates and experts speak from Saratoga Springs, New York.
Featuring Keynote Speaker Maurice Mitchell, National Director of Working Families Party.
Hosted by:
— Tim Gibbons, Missouri Rural Crisis Center
— Dania Davy, Land and Liberation LLC
— Jim Hightower, Writer, Activist and Host
Central themes:
— Building Rural and Community Power
— Fighting Polarization and False Narratives
— Building Urban Rural and Farm Labor Coalitions for Change
Schedule:
9 a.m.: Kickoff
9:30 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.: Panel Discussions
12:15 – 1:15 p.m.: Lunch Break
1:15 p.m.: Keynote Address
1:45 – 4 p.m.: Afternoon Rural Rally
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 annual festival to raise funds to support Farm Aid’s work with family farmers and to inspire people to choose family farm food. For more than 35 years, Farm Aid, with the support of the artists who contribute their performances each year, has raised nearly $80 million to support programs that help farmers thrive, expand the reach of the Good Food Movement, take action to change the dominant system of industrial agriculture and promote food from family farms.
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And a reminder... You can also enjoy the live stream of more than 10 hours of world-class music acts performing at Saturday's Farm Aid Festival concert. Click the first button below to read all about it, and the second to learn more about Farm Aid and its nearly 40 years mission to support family farmers and a healthier and more sustainable food system.
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