Dear John,

Today is the day. The stadium gates will open soon at Huntington Bank Stadium in Minneapolis for Farm Aid 40!

If you're joining us in person, be prepared for any weather, double check the venue information and download the Farm Aid 40 app to plan out when you'll watch your favorite artists and which HOMEGROWN Skills demos and FarmYard Stage briefings you'll attend.

If you won't be joining us in Minneapolis, you can still be a part of the excitement (check out our Farm Aid 40 Watch Party Kit). 

Ways to watch and listen to Farm Aid 40

• Stream live in HD at farmaid.org or on Farm Aid’s YouTube channel starting at 11:30am CDT.
• Watch CNN's broadcast from 6pm – 11pm CDT.
• Watch on nugs starting at 11:30am CDT.
• Listen on SiriusXM's Willie's Roadhouse (channel 61) and Dave Matthews Band Radio (channel 30) starting at noon CDT.

“For 40 years, Farm Aid and our partners have stood with farmers, supporting them to stay on their land even when corporate power, bad policies and broken promises make it harder to keep going. This year, we’re proud to bring Farm Aid to Minnesota to celebrate the farmers who sustain us and to fight for a food system that works for all of us. Family farmers aren’t backing down, and neither are we.”

-- Farm Aid President and Founder, Willie Nelson

Merch is stocked in our store. Take a sneak peak at the Farm Aid 40 collection, all made with organic cotton grown by Texas family farmers.

For Farm Aid, merchandise is part of our core mission to build a vibrant, family farm-centered system of agriculture in America. Our apparel is super soft and comfy! Meet the organic farmers who grew your shirts and hoodies.

Farm Aid is much more than an annual festival. We work tirelessly year-round to strengthen family farm agriculture and advocate for fair farm policies that promote resiliency, sustainability, equity and diversity across our food system. Your gift today makes all the difference and allows Farm Aid to continue to fight to keep family farmers on the land where they belong.

When we support family farmers, we all win. Thank you for standing with Farm Aid to show up for family farmers!

Many thanks to Farm Aid 40's valued sponsors including:

Tractor Beverage Co, McKnight Foundation, Horizon Organic, Explore Minnesota, Huntington Bank, 11th Hour Project, University of Minnesota, Seven Sundays, REI Co-op, Frontier Co-op, Minnesota Dept of Agriculture, Rural Climate Partnership, Patagonia Workwear, Native American Agriculture Fund and Compeer Financial