Inspiring quotes from Farm Aid artists

The Farm Aid Festival

Each year, 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. Since 1985, Farm Aid, with the support of the artists who contribute their performances each year, has raised more than $78 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.

If you follow Farm Aid on Instagram, you’ll see photos from past Farm Aid festivals and other events, a look behind the scenes in our office and meet some of our Farmer Heroes. But from time to time, we like to share inspiring quotes (what we like to call #WednesdayWisdom or #ThursdayThoughts) from artists who’ve performed at Farm Aid. They look a little something like this:

Farm Aid artists come together at the festival each year to shine a spotlight on family farmers and the issues they face. We’re proud to present these inspiring quotes here in one gallery. We’d love to see you share them with friends; be sure to tell ’em @farmaid sent you! Just click on each photo below to enlarge them.