Betty Puckett, A Hero for Family Farmers

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Betty Puckett farms with her husband Pete and their son near Alexandria, Louisiana. She has worked as a farm advocate for decades at the Louisiana Interchurch Conference and has traveled nationwide to train farm advocates. Betty also served as a key response team member for farmers devastated by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.

This clip is taken from Farm Aid's documentary film, “Homeplace Under Fire,” which tells the story of the grassroots work of American farm advocates and their thirty-year fight to keep family farmers on the land.

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Farm Aid was started by Willie Nelson, Neil Young and John Mellencamp in 1985 to keep family farmers on the land and has worked since then to make sure everyone has access to good food from family farmers. Dave Matthews joined Farm Aid's board of directors in 2001.

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