If you were to compile a list of essential readings for farmers, farm advocates and people interested in agriculture, Sarah Vogel’s "The Farmers Lawyer: The North Dakota Nine and the Fight to Save the Family Farm" would top it. This story of a young attorney and her lawsuit on behalf of farm families is many things: a compelling memoir; an important history lesson; a crash course in law; an epic David vs Goliath struggle; and a warning for us all about the challenges farmers continue to face that threaten their very existence. The paperback edition of the book has a new foreword from Willie Nelson. And, remarkably, John C. Reilly has recorded Willie's words in a reading of the foreword.
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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 more than $70 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.
