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All tagged Family Farm Defenders
Visionaries are rare. They are people who can see the puzzle of our existence and then make the extraordinary effort to find a way out.
“Looking out the door, sitting on the porch every morning, things don’t look that much different than any other year”, said retired Wonewoc, Wisconsin farmer Jim Goodman.
On September 20th, we published an article titled ‘Farm Aid returns to Wisconsin at Alpine Valley Music Theatre’, highlighting Jim and Rebecca Goodman of Wonewoc, and Joel Greeno of Kendall, who are past Farm Aid, Farmer Heroes.
Started back in 1985, and organized by Willie Nelson, Neil Young, and John Mellencamp, Farm Aid was formed to raise awareness about the loss of family farms and to raise funds to keep farm families on the land.
