Dear John,

Farm Aid 2021 is coming up on Saturday, September 25! It will be an in-person festival and we'll share the full details for the location, lineup and tickets very soon. We appreciate your patience.

To keep us in the Farm Aid spirit, we've been listening to this playlist of staff favorite Farm Aid festival performances.

One of the joys of summer is harvesting and eating straight from your garden, whether it’s a big one or made of up of many pots on the back porch. And one of our favorite no-cook ways to celebrate that garden bounty — whether it's basil, nasturtium, or garlic scapes — is pesto! We've just published a post with three easy to follow recipes.

Good news for farmers and ranchers is coming this week! The U.S. Department of Agriculture plans to issue a new rule to protect the rights of farmers who raise livestock for the country’s largest meat processors in a long-overdue effort to encourage more competition in the agriculture industry. Additionally, new bipartisan legislation has been introduced that would enable investigators with subpoena powers to bring cases against meatpackers found to engage in anti-competitive practices.