Flying J Farm Farm 🌱Tour with legislators from many 🇺🇸states, working together, on September 18, 2025. #FarmAid40 @stateinnovation.org @farmaid.org

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Today is Farm Aid's official 40th birthday! 🎂🎶🥰 Saturday night in Minneapolis was an incredible celebration! Thank you to everyone who joined us in person and online and who tuned in via radio and TV.

Met the legendary Willie Nelson tonight at Farm Aid. For 40 years, he has championed family farmers and tirelessly advocated for our rural communities. And he’s still going strong at 92!

Enjoying #FarmAid40!? 🎶👨‍🌾❤️ Thanks for joining us today to support family farmers. You can still catch the livestream at farmaid.org! Photos © Brian Bruner / Bruner Photo

When the sun goes down, #FarmAid40 heats up! We hope you are enjoying today’s festival that celebrates four decades of progress for family farmers. ❤️

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Stand up for family farmers! As the show continues, we encourage you to take action and tell your representative that America deserves the best farm bill possible: www.farmaid.org/action-cente... #FarmAid40 Photos © Brian Bruner / Bruner Photo

Thank you Angela Dawson with Forty Acre Co Op for coming to Farm Aid 40! To continue supporting us, head to www.farmaid.org to donate, buy merch, and watch the show! #FarmAid40

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Enjoying #FarmAid40? Use today to make a difference and help save USDA. Take action now: farmaid.org/action-cente... Photo © Brian Bruner / Bruner Photo

Thank you for joining today's Farm Aid stage, Jesse Welles! Earlier this year, we sat down with Jesse for an episode of Against the Grain podcast to discuss the tradition of activism in folk music. Give it a listen: farmaid.org/again… 📷 © Brian Bruner / Bruner Photo

Farm Aid 40 is full of learning and fun! Festival goers are learning about bees, seeds, and popcorn today. 🐝 🌻 #FarmAid40 www.farmaid.org/festival/the...

We are grateful for everyone who is coming out today to support family farmers! 🙌 #FarmAid40

Happy 40th anniversary @farmaid.org !

🚨 #FarmAid40 is streaming LIVE in HD! Watch the festival on your TV, computer, phone, or tablet at farmaid.org or on Farm Aid’s YouTube channel. Here are all the details: www.farmaid.org/blog/how-to-....

Here's a simple technique to dye fabric at home: flower pounding! Check out this live demo today at 3:00 PM CT in the #FarmAid40 HOMEGROWN Skills Tent. 🪻🌺🌼

Welcome to #FarmAid40! What are you most excited about for today? We can't wait to see you, whether in person at the festival or streaming online. Here's everything you need to know to watch or support us today: www.farmaid.org/festival/

ISA’s Liz Stelk joined @farmaid.org’s Friday Farmer Forum to talk #cogovernance & coalition building with farmers and lawmakers and how to drive real policy wins. 🔑 “State policy is a vehicle for us to hold our Members of Congress accountable.” – Liz Stelk #FarmAid2025 #FoodandFarm

Glad that the work of one of our Hotline Operators was highlighted in this new article!

Today is Farm Aid's Farmer Forum, "Seeding democracy from our fields to our future." Special guest @klobuchar.senate.gov, who was unable to make it, sent along a message for our community meeting here in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

We're marking 40 years of @farmaid.org concerts! 🎵 Visit our farm crisis exhibit to learn what led to the 1985 concert at Memorial Stadium.🌽🐄Join us at @spurlockmuseum.bsky.social on 9/21 for an event highlighting this history, with related exhibits on view at the Music and Performing Arts Library!

Farm Aid Day One! Come Along! #farmaid40 #farmsoverfactories @farmaid.org youtube.com/shorts/-eqfI...

We've had nearly 200 people register their Farm Aid 40 Watch Parties. Where will you be watching from? Register your party and learn how to watch free at home at farmaid.org/WatchParty

On the road again... somewhere in Kansas traveling toward #FarmAid40 with @neildancer.bsky.social... we'll see a bit of Nebraska and Iowa before Minneapolis tomorrow. @farmaid.org

OMG I leave tonight for @farmaid.org !! 😍🌽🌱 A bunch of us USDA #FarmToSchool staff are going so we can celebrate sustainable ag and have some JOY and be around the folks we love to work for -- small and family farmers!!

One last reminder to come visit us from @ewgofficial.bsky.social at our booth at the Farm Aid 40 HOMEGROWN Village this Saturday! We will be talking about decoding meat and dairy food labels, and big ag's impact on the environment, climate and public health. @farmaid.org #FarmAid40

TODAY: "Collective Power in the Countryside: A Conversation With Sarah Smarsh, Sarah Vogel, & Sonja Trom Eayrs," 5pm in Best Buy Theater at Northrup, University of Minnesota. @sarahsmarsh.bsky.social @univnebpress.bsky.social @bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social @farmaid.org @mnfarmersunion.bsky.social

The current struggles seen by U.S. farmers raise questions about the future of food production. Minnesota researchers are helping the agricultural community adapt to trends, including working with emerging farmers seeking out a prosperous future.

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Thanks @mattschmitz.bsky.social , that was an unforgettable performance: youtu.be/QYpRbR0fg54

Join us on Saturday to see Bob Dylan and the rest of the lineup, including Willie Nelson, Neil Young and the Chrome Hearts, Bob Dylan, John Mellencamp, Dave Matthews (with Tim Reynolds), Margo Price, Billy Strings and more! In-person: farmaid.org/tickets At-home: farmaid.org/watchparty

We are so excited to part of @farmaid.org this Saturday! Find us in the HOMEGROWN Village from 12-5 and see the differences between soils from fields managed conventionally and regeneratively. We're looking forward to chatting about the soil health principles and making new connections!

We are thrilled to announce that Bob Dylan is joining the lineup at Farm Aid's 40th anniversary festival on Saturday, Sept. 20!

Are you joining us for #FarmAid40? Find more things to do in Minnesota from our friends and sponsors @exploreminnesota.bsky.social

For Farm Aid, merchandise is part of our core mission — to build a vibrant, family farm-centered system of agriculture in America. We source USA-grown organic cotton for all our garments from the Texas Organic Cotton Marketing Collective.

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 through "unifying" and "optimizing" its functions.

Appreciated this opportunity to take viewers behind the scenes in the lead-up to #FarmAid40 on Saturday!

We're tabling @farmaid.org this Saturday, 9-20 in Minneapolis! We're so excited to connect with farmers and other allies who believe in a better food system. Make sure you stop by our table, which we're sharing with our ally, @nsac-sustainableag.bsky.social! Info on the festival ➡️ farmaid.org

A message from our sponsor: While in Minneapolis for #FarmAid40, don't miss these other stops in @exploreminnesota.bsky.social for any music fan.

A message from our sponsor: While in Minneapolis for #FarmAid40, don't miss these other stops in @ExploreMinnesota for any music fan.

If you can't wait for #FarmAid40 on 9/20, catch Rissi Palmer's Color Me Country Takeover, with Michael B. Whit and Alyssia Dominguez, on 9/18 at the Fine Line in Minneapolis. @farmaid.org

Farm Aid's 40th anniversary festival takes place in ONE WEEK! Tickets are available now at all price levels. We'd love to see you in Minneapolis on September 20! farmaid.org/festival

Starting Tuesday, 9/16, @farmaid.org and several UMN departments are collaborating on an amazing line-up of film screenings, discussions, and musical events at and near the University of Minnesota. Most are free and all are open to the public. Check out and share the list here:

Farm Aid 40 to Move Forward In Minneapolis Farm Aid is grateful that the University of Minnesota and Teamsters Local 320 have reached an agreement. We are thrilled to confirm that Farm Aid 40 will go forward in Minneapolis as planned.

Statement from Farm Aid on the 40th anniversary festival: For nearly 40 years, Farm Aid has stood alongside family farmers, working people, and communities to build a more just and sustainable food system.

A message from our sponsor Seven Sundays: Thank you, Farm Aid, for 40 incredible years! Seven Sundays is proud to be an official sponsor of this year's event and to stand alongside so many who believe, like we do, that real food starts on real farms.

"We want that growth to be as sustainable and benefiting as many creatures as possible." Paul Mairet and his partner Sanna Mairet run Nine Hazels Farm, a small hybrid hazelnut farm located just outside Lake City, Minnesota.

Do you like pretzels? 🥨 We like pretzels. 🥨 And so do our fans, that's why they're our #1 selling HOMEGROWN concessions item! Sept. 10 is your last day to order the same organic Bavarian soft pretzels we'll be serving at #FarmAid40 as part of our Ultimate Watch Party Kit.