On a weekend that saw a storming Nor’easter shut down major music events throughout the New York region, some 300 miles south, in Virginia Beach, Virginia, Farm Aid went forward Saturday (Sept. 26), supporting the men and women who grow the nation’s food.
Mother Nature wouldn’t dare mess with Willie Nelson.
In its 41st year, Farm Aid is the longest running concert for a cause. Since 1985, the festival launched by Nelson, John Mellencamp and Neil Young — and now boasting Dave Matthews, Margo Price and Nathaniel Rateliff on its board — has raised $90 million to promote a strong and resilient family farm system of agriculture…