Farm Aid Invites TV and Radio Stations to Broadcast Live From St. Louis Music Festival

Farm Aid Invites TV and Radio Stations to Broadcast Live From St. Louis Music Festival

Farm Aid works with St. Louis farmers, businesses, and organizations to
achieve a local flavor at Farm Aid 2009 Presented by Horizon Organic

Farm Aid will welcome radio and television stations to the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater in Maryland Heights to capture the excitement of Farm Aid's first annual benefit concert in Missouri.

WHAT: Live broadcast opportunity

WHEN: Friday, Oct. 2 - Sunday, Oct. 4

WHERE: Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
14141 Riverport Drive, Maryland Heights, MO

If you would like to broadcast live from Farm Aid, please contact Maria Enie at (724) 816-3368. An area outside the main entrance has been designated for live broadcasts and parking staff will direct crews to this location.

Information about Farm Aid 2009 Presented by Horizon Organic:

-- Farm Aid's HOMEGROWN Village will feature hands-on activities that
give concertgoers a chance to meet farmers, get their hands dirty, and
learn about the ways family farmers are enriching our soil, protecting
our water, and growing alternative fuels in addition to bringing us
good food.

-- Farm Aid 2009 Presented by Horizon Organic will feature food with
local or organic, family farm-sourced ingredients at concessions. The
concert is the biggest family farm restaurant in St. Louis and it's
open for one day only! Concessions include cheeseburgers, veggie
burgers, hot dogs, veggie dogs, jalapeno corndogs, bratwurst, chicken
tenders, chicken breast sandwiches, pizzas, French fries, sweet and
sour wasabi chicken wraps and veggie salad roll-ups. Concessions at
the show will also feature BBQ ham steaks, pork chops and brats from
Patchwork Family Farms and a farmers market presented by Sappington
Farmers Market where concertgoers can buy fresh fruit, baked goods and
treats.

-- Farm Aid is partnering with St. Louis businesses to help achieve zero
waste goals during the concert and add to the established Verizon
Wireless Amphitheater recycling program. With the help of Replenishing
the Earth and Route 66 Organics, all compostable waste at the concert
will be turned into a valuable agricultural material. Volunteers will
be on hand to help concertgoers differentiate between landfill-bound
trash; recyclables like plastic, and compostables like food waste and
certified compostable foodservice-ware. Additionally, the energy used
to produce the concert will be offset by the purchasing of renewable
energy certificates through Bonneville Environmental Foundation. Farm
Aid's concert greening initiatives are underwritten by Horizon Organic
and Silk Soymilk.

-- Farm Aid is calling on concertgoers to bring non-perishable food items
with them to the concert for a food drive that will benefit the Harvey
Kornblum Jewish Food Pantry and the St. Louis Area Foodbank.

-- Farm Aid 2009 Presented by Horizon Organic will feature performances
by Farm Aid president and founder Willie Nelson and board members Neil
Young, John Mellencamp and Dave Matthews, who will perform with Tim
Reynolds, as well as Gretchen Wilson, Jason Mraz, Wilco, Jamey
Johnson, Phosphorescent, Billy Joe Shaver, Will Dailey, Ernie Isley &
the Jam Band, Ryan Bingham & the Dead Horses, The Blackwood Quartet,
and Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real. Doors for the event will open
at 12:30 p.m.

-- For fans at home, DIRECTV will exclusively broadcast Farm Aid 2009
live and in HD on The 101 Network beginning at 5:00 pm ET. DIRECTV has
pledged to match all of its customer donations up to $50,000 made
between September 1 and October 31, 2009.

-- Farm Aid 2009 Presented by Horizon Organic will be a webcast presented
by EternaGreen and will stream live at www.farmaid.org beginning at
5:00 pm ET.

-- Concertgoers and people watching and listening to Farm Aid 2009
Presented by Horizon Organic at home can text FARMER to 90999 to
donate $5 to help Farm Aid keep family farmers on their land.

Join the Farm Aid conversation on Twitter at www.twitter.com/FarmAid. For more information about Farm Aid visit www.farmaid.org.

Farm Aid's mission is to build a vibrant, family farm-centered system of agriculture in America. Farm Aid artists and board members Willie Nelson, Neil Young, John Mellencamp and Dave Matthews host an annual concert to raise funds to support Farm Aid's work with family farmers and to inspire people to choose family-farmed food. Since 1985, Farm Aid, with the support of the artists who contribute their performances each year, has raised nearly $36 million to support programs that help farmers thrive, expand the reach of the Good Food Movement, take action to change the dominant system of industrial agriculture and promote food from family farms.

**Editors' and Producers' Note: The deadline to request advance credentials for Farm Aid 2009 Presented by Horizon Organic has passed, but outlets are allowed to credential at the venue on Sunday, October 4, beginning at 9 a.m. If you are planning to credential on-site, please call Maria Enie at (724) 816-3368.**

CONTACT: Maria Enie, +1-724-816-3368, menie@vancomm.com, for Farm Aid

/PRNewswire-USNewswire -- Oct. 1/

Source: Farm Aid

Web Site: http://www.farmaid.org/

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