Farm Aid Farmer Town Hall 2021

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On September 24, 2021, Farm Aid hosted a virtual Farmer Town Hall before its annual festival event. Farmers and ranchers from across the country shared their stories, challenges and opportunities, as well as their questions for the administration and Congress. Additionally, we heard from:

— Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack
— Senators Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) and Tina Smith (D-MN)
— Commissioners of Agriculture Bryan Hurlburt (CT), Richard Ball (NY) and John Lebeaux (MA)
— Zach Ducheneaux, Administrator, USDA Farm Service Agency
— Dewayne Goldmon, USDA Senior Advisor, Racial Equity
— Gloria Montaño Greene, USDA Deputy Under Secretary, Farm Production & Conservation
— Janie Hipp, USDA General Counsel
— Katie Naessens, Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee
— Adam Tarr, Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee


Video remarks came from: Senators Chris Murphy (D-CT), Jon Tester (D-MT), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Representatives Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Glenn Thompson (R-PA) and Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE).


Topics included racial equity and justice; climate change; equitable access to USDA programs; farmer debt relief; consolidation and competition; beginning farmer resources and more.


Moderators were Scott Marlow, Niaz Dorry of National Family Farm Coalition and the Northwest Atlantic Marine Alliance, and Qiana Mickie.
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Farm Aid’s mission is to build a vibrant, family farm-centered system of agriculture in America. Farm Aid artists and board members Willie Nelson, Neil Young, John Mellencamp and Dave Matthews host an annual festival to raise funds to support Farm Aid’s work with family farmers and to inspire people to choose family farm food. For 35 years, Farm Aid, with the support of the artists who contribute their performances each year, has raised $60 million to support programs that help farmers thrive, expand the reach of the Good Food Movement, take action to change the dominant system of industrial agriculture and promote food from family farms.


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