Farm Aid 2008

…This is the press event held the morning of Farm Aid’s 2008 concert in Mansfield, Massachusetts. Willie Nelson, Neil Young, John Mellencamp, and Dave Matthews speak about the importance of family farmers for our food, the environment, the economy, and in our lives.NECN host Jim Braude serves as the M.C. of the event and Farm Aid Executive Director Carolyn Mugar also speaks, along with Francis Moore Lappé, Brenna Chase, and Duwan Grant. Appearing on stage are the musical performers The Elms, Will Daley, One Flew South, Grace Potter and the Nocturnals, moe., Arlo Guthrie, Jamey Johnson, Nation Beat, and Jakob Dylan.Credit:farmaid