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fromstupidDOPE | Est. 2008
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From 1985 to Today: Farm Aid's 40-Year Journey of Music and Movement | stupidDOPE | Est. 2008

Farm Aid's 40th anniversary highlighted family farmers' resilience and renewed calls to protect their future amid economic, market, and climate pressures.
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We're in our 80s and refuse to retire from our family farm. It doesn't bring us much money, but it's where our love is.

Dix: Our farm started with my second great-grandfather, Levi. My family farmed dairy until the 1930s, and then they grew vegetable crops that they sold to markets. My first memories of the farm are when I was four or five. We brought in hay to our big red barn, and my job was to help move the horse. Ruth: When we got married, he was in the Army.
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