Thursday, March 04, 2004

Mark Your Calendars!
March 5th is the Premiere of Country Music Television's Documentary - Farm Aid: The Fight Goes On.


This one hour CMT News special explores the history of Farm Aid, its contribution to strengthening America's family farmers, and how the issues facing America's farmers have changed over the 18 years since Farm Aid's inception.

Farm Aid: The Fight Goes On features both new and archival interviews with artists such as Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp, Neil Young, Dave Matthews, Bob Dylan, Elton John, Billy Bob Thornton, Sheryl Crow, Jon Bon Jovi, Beck, Barenaked Ladies, Phish, Loretta Lynn, Emmylou Harris, Waylon Jennings, Billy Joel and many others. The CMT News special will also feature vintage clips from some of the most memorable performances over the years.

The show premieres on CMT Friday, March 5 at 10:00 pm Eastern, and 1:30 am ET. Encore presentations are on Saturday, March 6 at 5:30 pm ET, Thursday, March 11 at 7:00 pm ET and Saturday, March 13 at 1:00 pm ET.

For more information on Farm Aid, please visit http://www.farmaid.org/.

And don't forget, all proceeds from the sale of Meatrix merchandise are being donated to Farm Aid. Visit http://www.themeatrix.com/shop/ to find out what's on sale.

GRACE is a proud supporter of Farm Aid and all their work to save family farms.


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For more Sustainable Agriculture action alerts, go to: http://www.gracepublicfund.org/farming/

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