6 October 1932, a "penny auction" took place in Nebraska during the great depression, in possibly the first use of this tactic devised by poor farmers. Across the midwest, many poor farmers were being kicked off their land by foreclosures. Local residents and radicals organised militant self defence to stop foreclosed farms from being auctioned off by bank agents and sheriffs.

https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/10662/penny-auctions

#FarmAid #foreclosures #MutualAid #Nebraska #PennyAuctions #Solidarity #workingclasshistory

#FarmAid, at 40, Offers a Lifeline for #Farmers Facing Their Worst Crisis in Decades

#WillieNelson, #NeilYoung and #BobDylan headline a milestone 12-hour #benefit #concert

https://barnraisingmedia.com/farm-aid-at-40-offers-a-lifeline-for-farmers-facing-the-worst-crisis-in-decades

#NeilYoung has still got it. #FarmAid #MusicLegends #SkyMusic youtube.com/watch?v=AGpP...

Neil Young "Old Man" Farm Aid ...

Still getting goosebumps from Saturday’s #FarmAid.

Coming back from #FarmAid I expected to hear chaos in the news I’d missed, but aside from tweeting about arresting political opponents and setting up the DOE as a conservative propaganda machine, it seemed pretty quiet. - @offjawaggon.bsky.social youtu.be/JDGTyeYH_sY?...

How is this considered a quiet...

"Ci sono uomini che lottano un giorno, e sono buoni.
Ci sono uomini che lottano un mese, e sono migliori.
Ci sono uomini che lottano un anno, e sono ottimi.
Ci sono uomini che lottano tutta la vita, questi sono imprescindibili."

Bertolt Brecht

Ed è così che questo concerto nato il 22 settembre 1985 va avanti da 40 anni (l'ultima edizione 2 giorni fa) a raccogliere denaro per gli agricoltori statunitensi in difficoltà. #FarmAid - Invidious https://iv.duti.dev/channel/UCZvysOTYDHMewYyIX_at8mw?sort_by=popular

@spettacoli

#music

Watch Pro-Shot Footage of Bob Dylan’s Masterful Farm Aid Set

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/bob-dylan-farm-aid-set-1235432170/

FarmAid.org | Take action to change the dominant industrial agriculture #FoodSystems and to promote food from family farms
➡️ https://www.farmaid.org/take-action
📌 Issues: https://www.farmaid.org/category/issues
🎧 https://www.farmaid.org/against-the-grain-the-farm-aid-podcast

#FarmAid''s mission is to build a vibrant #FamilyFarming #FoodSystem in America, artists & board members Willie Nelson, Neil Young, John Mellencamp, Dave Matthews & Margo Price host an annual festival to raise funds to support #CommunitySupportedAgriculture
🔴 Video: https://youtube.com/@FarmAid/videos

FarmAid.org | Take action to change the dominant industrial agriculture #FoodSystems and to promote food from family farms
➡️ https://www.farmaid.org/take-action
📌 Issues: https://www.farmaid.org/category/issues
🎧 https://www.farmaid.org/against-the-grain-the-farm-aid-podcast

#FarmAid''s mission is to build a vibrant #FamilyFarming #FoodSystem in America, artists & board members Willie Nelson, Neil Young, John Mellencamp, Dave Matthews & Margo Price host an annual festival to raise funds to support #CommunitySupportedAgriculture
🔴 Video: https://youtube.com/@FarmAid/videos

Still going strong. 40 years ago today (1985), the first Farm Aid benefit concert was held Champagne, Illinois. This past weekend, Farm Aid 40 was held in Minneapolis, Minnesota. #80s #80smusic #FarmAid

Ted Tocks Covers

Maggie’s Farm

Originally posted on September 22, 2018

The first #FarmAid was held on this day in 1985.

“The National Guard stands around his door”

#bobdylan #U2 #rageagainstthemachine #MargoPrice #billystrings  #jessewelles

https://tedtockscovers.wordpress.com/2018/09/22/maggies-farm/

Got a kick out of this description of the Hibbing songwriter's appearance at Farm Aid 40—

'Deciphering Dylan

'That wasn’t so difficult this time, was it? Four Bob Dylan classics — “All Along the Watchtower,” “To Ramona,” “Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right” and “Highway 61 Revisited” — were easy to recognize by their relatively clearly enunciated lyrics, though the melodies were new and predictably free-wheeling. The hard part was spotting Dylan, who had a black hoodie covering his head as he sat at a piano in light too dim to read a book.'

11 takeaways our critics harvested at Farm Aid 40 in Minneapolis
By Jon Bream and Chris Riemenschneider
The Minnesota Star Tribune
https://www.startribune.com/11-takeaways-our-critics-harvested-at-farm-aid-in-minneapolis/601472198?utm_source=gift

#music #FarmAid #Minnesota

Farm Aid 40 was held at the University of Minnesota stadium in Minneapolis. Over 35,000 persons attended the concert.

Farm Aid has raised over $85 million to support family farms.

Partner organizations include the Wild Farm Alliance, Minnesota Soil Health Coalition, Minnesota Farmers Union and Land Stewardship Project.

#FarmAid #Minnesota #Minneapolis #FamilyFarms #Charity

Jesse Welles 2025 Farm Aid
https://youtu.be/dT9Gk1O05CQ?si=2GJ5ZAOqN08s9lqP

#FarmAid #WalMart

Pues así ha arrancado Neil Young (a punto de cumplir los 80) su actuación en Farm Aid. A saco.
"Don’t need no fascist rules / Don't want no fascist schools / Don’t want no soldiers walking on our streets / Got big crime in DC at the White House / There's big crime in DC at the White House"
#NeilYoung #FarmAid #FarmAid40 #Trump #BigCrime

Dylan, at 84 years old is allowed to say: screw it, I’m doing my whole set (thus far) completely hidden from view behind a piano.

#Farmaid

Hey @cnn fix the audio feed for #farmaid

Ah, #MargoPrice is playing at #FarmAid

🚜🌾 <https://www.youtube.com/live/CJbXWbdBm5o>

What type of bullshit is CNN pulling with their Farm Aid coverage? Just turned on and Dave Matthews is being interviewed instead of showing Billy Strings performing?!?!?

Nothing against Dave Matthews, I actually like his music, but people are tuning in for the live performances. If you're not going to show the performances, then why would anyone watch?

#FarmAid #CNN

Live! Now! Eric Burton solo giving me Curtis Mayfield vibes
#FARMAID #farmaid2025 #MN

https://www.youtube.com/live/CJbXWbdBm5o?si=AUcRYAiil8I9FSCn