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Willie Nelson is once again set to perform at the annual Farm Aid concert in upstate New York.

The event features several musicians who come together to raise awareness for the small, family farm and the potential obstacles it is facing to continue operating.

It will be held on September 21 at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center in Saratoga Springs, New York.

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Tavis Smiley will host Farm Aid 25: Growing Hope for America on October 2 at Miller Park in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, an all day event meant to highlight and celebrate the sustainability of family farmers. Smiley, the host of talk shows TAVIS SMILEY on PBS and “The Tavis Smiley Show” from PRI, was personally invited to do so by John Mellencamp, a Farm Aid board member and co-founder.

“John Mellencamp’s genius continues to cement his imprint on the world of heartland rock,” says Smiley. “I am nothing but humbled that one of the founding members of Farm Aid, a man who understands you have to serve the people, would ask me to host this landmark concert celebrating twenty-five years of raising awareness for America’s farmers.

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Jason Mraz will play at the Farm Aid 2009 all day music and food festival in St. Louis, Missouri at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre on Sunday October 4.

Farm Aid’s goal is to encourage and assist small, family farms and encourage consumers to purchase food that comes from these farms.

Farm Aid 2009 is being presented by Horizon Organic, sponsored by DIRECTV, Organic Valley Family of Farms, Silk, and EternaGreen.

Fitting that Mraz would be performing at such a benefit, as he has a small avocado farm of his own and was named MNN’s top Farmers Under 40.

In addition to musical performances by Mraz, Dave Matthews, Wilco, John Mellencamp and founder Willie Nelson, Farm Aid 2009 will offer a chance to interact with farmers and activities that get your hands dirty-learning firsthand how soil is kept rich and nourished.

Food makes events even better and Farm Aid will feature a plethora of food for vegetarians like veggie burgers, veggie dogs and veggie salad roll-ups.

For more information about Farm Aid and the complete Sunday concert lineup, visit Farmaid.org.

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Chrissie Hynde Dons “Tax-Meat” T-Shirt At Farm Aid

Written by Vegetarian Star on Wednesday, September 24th, 2008 in Female Musicians, Female Singers.

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Some cool celebrities were part of the lineup for Farm Aid 2008, an event thrown together by none other than the organization, Farm Aid, which is designed to help raise awareness for small family farms and keep them alive in the age of mass commercial farming and production.

Kenny Chesney, Willie Nelson, and John Mellencamp rocked fans at the event sponsored mainly by Whole Foods and Horizon Organic, with a little help from a few other veg friendly companies like Silk Soy Products, as well as Pretenders’ Chrissie Hynde. Never failing to remind anyone in ear’s reach she is a vegan, Chrissie saw the opportunity to get the word out and wore a “Tax-Meat” t-shirt to the event.

If you’re a sucker for awesome live music and interested in viewing the webcast of the concert, hop on over to this site and enjoy.

via Live Daily

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