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Farm Aid Gives $732,000 to Family Farms in 2017
USAgNet - 12/15/2017

September's Farm Aid music and food festival at Burgettstown, Pa., generated substantial revenue - revenue that feeds organizations working to build resilient systems of agriculture and food. This year, Farm Aid awarded $50,000 to eight programs in Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia that support family farmers and help grow the Good Food Movement.

In 2017, Farm Aid granted $732,351 to 83 family farm, rural service and urban agriculture organizations in 34 states and the District of Columbia, plus more than 60 farmers and youth for leadership development and advocacy. Farm Aid also made grants to 297 farm families for emergency and natural disaster relief.

"Thanks to the continued generosity of supporters from across the country, today Farm Aid sends critical funds to hardworking organizations who share Farm Aid's mission," says Willie Nelson, president of Farm Aid. "Farm Aid grants strengthen the family farmers who are working to stay on their land and knit communities together by providing healthy food and an economic bedrock for rural and urban communities."

Earlier this year, Farm Aid granted $18,500 to farm and ranch families in Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas and Colorado who lost land, livestock, fences, buildings and equipment to wildfires. In the aftermath of hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria, Farm Aid granted $114,500 to farm families in Texas, Louisiana, Florida, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands who lost their crops, livestock, pasture, barns, equipment and other essentials to maintaining their livelihoods.


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