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Farm Aid Coverage

Musicians and artists came together to celebrate agriculture and farm life at Farm Aid on Saturday, Sept. 24 at Coastal Credit Union Music Park. Featured acts included Dave Matthews, John Mellencamp, Willie Nelson and Sheryl Crow.

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John Mellencamp

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When Willie Nelson, Neil Young and John Mellencamp organized the first Fair Aid concert in 1985, it was to bring awareness to the loss of family farms and bring in funds to help keep families farms in business. Thirty-seven years later, that message remains the same.

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Farm Aid comes to Raleigh

The "Farm Aid" concert tour comes to Raleigh Saturday, September 24th to raise money for struggling family farms.

the Farm Aid concert tour comes to Raleigh tomorrow night to raise money for struggling family farms in north Carolina agriculture and agribusiness is a $92.7 billion industry and employs 17% of the state's workforce As WRL S chris loving good explains advocates hope to expand that opportunity but it's often an uphill battle this farm A farm tour bus arrived in northern Durham County in rouge at the Bull City farm owned by joseph stirrup and Samantha Ghassan you can go in with the pigs They're super friendly other family members and advocates from across the country met some animals who are more like pets for Samantha Ghassan and her family making it profitable requires creativity and we do tours And then I teach a lot of classes I do cheese making these visitors came to learn how to expand opportunity for others from all backgrounds Ray Jeffers family started his farm 103 years ago and passed it down to him You don't see that a lot now because there is a huge issue with Heir's property kind of passing down having that clean title for maybe someone in the family that wants to Ghassan and her husband were able to buy this land but she knows how hard it is to find available farmland Some settle for short term leases even though they need to put years into making their work pay off all of that kind of stuff takes time and it takes effort and you don't want to do it if you've got a three year lease Now higher seeds and feed prices make it harder for family farms to earn a profit Feed prices have gone up a lot and that impacts you I mean I'm gonna have to go up another dollar this year for my eggs Farm Aid provides ways to keep family farms growing It's always good to apply for that grant money and get grants that we can put to use putting together the programs that keep farmers farming It's a challenge Everything is a challenge But I think farmers for the most part resilient people and we're we're small we're small business owners and small business owners are resilient people loving good for WRL news  It's hard work But boy do we need that hard work The Farm Aid concert tomorrow the 24th will be a coastal Credit Union music park at walnut Creek in Raleigh It starts at 11 a.m. Until midnight with a long list of rock folk country and bluegrass artists

Family farmers show where Farm Aid money goes

Cow at Bull City Farm 

Before Farm Aid, a tour shows struggles, successes of NC family farmers

Agriculture, one of the biggest industries in North Carolina, will get a boost from a star-studded lineup of musicians and advocates. 

AND IF YOU DO COME ACROSS A JOB SCAM, YOU SHOULD REPORT IT TO THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION. >> FARM AID IS RETURNING TO THE CITY OF OAKS WITH THE STAR-FILLED LINEUP OF PERFORMERS WERE TALKING. WILLIE NELSON, JOHN MELLENCAMP, CHRIS STAPLETON AND SHERYL CROW, JUST SOME OF THE BIG NAME ARTISTS THAT WILL PERFORM AT THE SEPTEMBER FESTIVAL TO TALK MORE ABOUT THIS EVENT. WE'RE JOINED LIVE BY COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR JENNIFER FAHY. JENNIFER, SO GREAT TO SEE YOU. SO WHY HAS FARM AID COME BACK TO RALEIGH? IT'S BEEN NEARLY A DECADE NOW. >> YES, WE ARE THRILLED TO COME BACK TO NORTH CAROLINA. THE AGRICULTURAL NORTH CAROLINA AND THE SOUTHEAST IS SOMETHING WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO SHINE A SPOTLIGHT ON THE LOCAL FOOD, A MOVEMENT IN THE STATE IS VERY STRONG EATERS AND FARMERS ARE CONNECTING AND REALLY SOME MEN IN THE STATE. >> WE'RE ALSO REALLY EXCITED TO HIGHLIGHT CLIMATE CHANGE THIS YEAR. NOT ONLY THE IMPACTS IT HAS ON FARMERS ON THE FARMS, BUT ALSO THE IMPACT FARMERS AND HAVING A CLIMATE TEAMS IN TERMS OF HELPING US MITIGATE IT BECAUSE THEY HAVE THIS UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO NOT JUST DECREASE EMISSIONS, BUT ALSO TO SEQUESTER CARBON AND PUT US IN A BETTER POSITION FOR OUR CLIMATE SUMMIT. >> YOU SAID AGRICULTURE COULTER IS BIG IN NORTH CAROLINA. I LIKED HOW YOU WORDED THAT. IT'S ONE OF THE BIGGEST INDUSTRIES IN OUR STATE. SO TELL US HOW FAR MADE ACTUALLY HOPES FARMERS. >> A BIG PART OF FARMING IS REALLY SPREADING AWARENESS OF COMMERCE. AND WILLIE NELSON'S GOAL SINCE HE FOUNDED THE ORGANIZATION IN 1985. AT THE TIME, FARMERS ARE BEING FORCED OFF THEIR MEANT BY THE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS. AND HE WAS CALLING ATTENTION TO THAT PROBLEM WHICH HE SAW AS A PROBLEM, NOT JUST FOR FARMERS, BUT FOR EVERYONE IN THE UNITED STATES AND IN THE YEARS SINCE FOR ME HAS ONLY DONE WE'RE CONCERTS AND RAISE MORE AWARENESS AND OUR GOAL REALLY IS TO SHINE A SPOTLIGHT ON FORMER U.S. TO HELP THEM FEEL LIKE THEY'RE IN THE ROCK STAR FOR ONE DAY FOR BUT ALSO TO ESTABLISH THAT REALLY IMPORTANT RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FARMERS AND YOU NEED TO SUPPORT OUR LOCAL FARMERS ARE THEY CAN'T STAY ON THE LAND AND IT'S NOT JUST FOOD. THEY'RE BRINGING US. IT'S CLEAN WATER AND STOP THE CULTURE THAT WE ALL LOVE SO MUCH AND TO TAKE PART WHEN WE CAN GO TO FARMERS MARKETS AND GO, NO, NOT THE THINKING IN THE FALL IN AUGUST AND THINGS I LOVE A GOOD FARMERS AGAIN. YOU TALKED ABOUT WILLIE NELSON AND JOHN MELLENCAMP THERE. THE PIONEERS, OF COURSE, OF THIS FESTIVAL. >> TELL US HOW SOME OF THE OTHER ARTISTS OR CONNECTED TO FOR TO PROTECT FARMERS. >> IT'S PRETTY INCREDIBLE. AND I THINK IT'S REALLY UNPRECEDENTED. THE NUMBER OF ARTISTS WHO HAVE SUPPORTED THIS ORGANIZATION FOR 37 YEARS, WE HAVE MORE THAN 500 ARTISTS WHO HAVE PLAYED THE STAGE AND THEY DONATE THEIR TALENTS THEIR TIME THEIR TRAVEL EXPENSES TO DO IT. AND THEN HAVE THEM COME FROM FOREIGN ROOTS FOR >> THEY FIND THEMSELVES. SO AT SOME OF OUR PERFORMERS, MOST OF THEM ARE REPEAT PERFORMANCE. SHERYL CROW, WHO SAY THE STATE BEFORE CHRIS STAPLETON, THIS ANNUAL RATE WITHIN THE KNIGHTS. LET'S COME BACK EACH AND EVERY YEAR. ALLISON RUSSELL IS COMING BACK THIS YEAR AFTER HER FIRST FARM AID LAST YEAR. AND SHE'S A REALLY STRONG SUPPORTER OF LOCAL AGRICULTURE. AND THEN WE'RE EXCITED TO WELCOME. YOU ARE US EVERY YEAR. SO THIS YEAR WE HAVE CHARLEY CROCKETT AND BRITTNEY SPENCER JOINING US. SO IT'S A GREAT DIVERSE LINEUP OF A LOT DIFFERENT KINDS OF NEWS THAT IT'S A FULL DAY FOR THE FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY. IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE A FANTASTIC TIME FOR MUSIC AND CERTAINLY FOR A GREAT CAUSE AS WELL. JENNIFER, THANKS FOR BEING WITH US. >> BEST OF LUCK WITH THE