Farm Aid 2026 brought together musical legends, fans, farmers and farm activists to Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater in Virginia Beach, Virginia, on September 26, 2026. Against a backdrop of ...

Farm Aid 2026 will stream live in HD at farmaid.org, starting at 11:30 a.m. ET. Watch the festival on your TV, computer, phone, or tablet at farmaid.org or on Farm Aid’s YouTube channel. The webcast ...

On February 28, 2026, the U.S. joined Israel to launch air strikes on Iran. It might not be immediately obvious that a war across the globe would have an impact on U.S. farmers. But it has, adding ...

Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp, Neil Young, Dave Matthews, Margo Price and Nathaniel Rateliff will headline event to spotlight family farmers VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — Farm Aid announced that its annual ...

Like many farmers and organizations across the country, Farm Aid has been eagerly awaiting a new farm bill that addresses our food and farm system’s biggest challenges. But the House Agriculture ...

America’s farmers have faced a year unlike any other, with a roller coaster of changing tariff and trade policies along with drastic cuts to federal funding and programs. These factors, along with the ...

Annette Hiatt and Mary Henderson are senior staff attorneys with the Land Loss Prevention Project in North Carolina, where they provide direct legal services to farmers and landowners. In this ...

At the end of July, Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins announced her “USDA Department Reorganization Plan.” The plan (outlined in this PDF) claims to improve effectiveness of the department ...

Music Legends Wynonna Judd and Steve Earle Also Added to Historic Food and Music Event Roster, Scheduled for Sept. 20 in Minneapolis MINNEAPOLIS — 2025 Country Music Hall of Fame electee Kenny Chesney ...

What’s going on with Congress’s budget bill? Last month, House Republicans passed the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” a budget bill which slashes essential programs for millions of Americans in order to ...

This guest post was written by Dan Frazen, the Agriculture Emergency Coordinator at the Colorado Department of Agriculture, and the department’s first-ever, full-time emergency manager. Dan is a ...

Homegrown Stories is a storytelling project from our partners at Western Organization of Resource Councils (WORC). It celebrates the hardworking people in our food system trying to do things right.