In less than two hours at 5pm Eastern time, giant names from the music business-some new, some old-will “band” together for Farm Aid 2009, a concert to “raise money for family farms and promote local, organic food.”

According to the official Farm Aid website  www.farmaid.org “Willie Nelson, Neil Young and John Mellencamp organized the first Farm Aid concert in 1985 to raise awareness about the loss of family farms and to raise funds to keep farm families on their land. Dave Matthews joined the Farm Aid Board of Directors in 2001. Farm Aid has raised nearly $35 million to promote a strong and resilient family farm system of agriculture.” 

Farm Aid's Board of Directors include John Mellencamp, Willie Nelson, Dave Matthews and Neil Young.

There are some great, new acts joining the line up tonight. As the Huffington Post points out, “This year’s concert will feature sets from Jason Mraz and Gretchen Wilson.”

This “good food” movement, as it is often called, will be hosted by the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater in St. Louis, MO. Official sponsors include Horizon Organic, Direct TV and Sauce Magazine just to name a few.

Don’t worry if you don’t have tickets to Farm Aid 2009, there are a number of ways you can watch the concert -it will be streamed live on the Farm Aid site starting at 5pm, you can also follow Farm Aid on Twitter for concert updates and pics @FarmAid

Support Farm Aid 2009 and “keep America growing” strong!