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2 unusual facts about Farm Aid


Karl Ohs

Ohs political involvement was sparked when he attended Willie Nelson's Farm Aid conference in St. Louis in September 1986.

Stephen P. Mugar

In the 1930s, Stephen Mugar married Marian Graves (born June 29, 1901, in Saugus), and they had two children: David Graves Mugar, who became a business leader and philanthropist in his own right, and Carolyn Mugar, activist, who started a reforestation project in Armenia and is executive director of Farm Aid.


Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium

On September 5, 1987, Willie Nelson performed a concert at the stadium to raise money for Farm Aid, following a Kansas State football game against Austin Peay State.

First Niagara Pavilion

The amphitheater has also played host to music festivals, including All That! Music and More Festival, Crüe Fest, Crüe Fest 2, Family Values Tour, Farm Aid, H.O.R.D.E. Festival, Honda Civic Tour, Identity Festival, Lilith Fair, Lollapalooza, Mayhem Festival, Ozzfest, Projekt Revolution, Uproar Festival and Vans Warped Tour.

Jodi Leib

Through her Talk It Out! interviews, Jodi has discussed in-depth issues such as the fear of flying with Benjamin Burnley of Breaking Benjamin, organic nutrition with Danielle Evin at Farm Aid, reproductive health with Moby, Janeane Garofalo, and Gloria Steinem at March for Women's Lives, and world love with The Black Eyed Peas.

World Peace One

The organization originated from producers and directors of Live Aid, Farm Aid, Live 8 and Live Earth.


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Mirror Image Inc.

“We do a lot of human rights-related work because I’m interested in it,” including work for Amnesty International, Farm Aid and Oxfam, says Roth, who serves on the board of directors of Students for a Free Tibet.