Denise Rich, Bob Dylan, Farm Aid

Denise Rich is an artist, her birthdate is May 24.  Bob Dylan's birthdate is May 24, and he's an artist.

                                                             "Horse"  Bob Dylan 2010

Denise Rich is learning more about American Farmers every day.  Bob Dylan is one of the founders of Farm Aid, helping to support American Farmers.
Farm Aid started as an idea at the Live Aid Concert when Bob Dylan said on stage, "Wouldn't it be great if we did something for our own farmers right here in America?"

You can read all about Farm Aid, what they do and why on their website here.

"There are no more farmers...." Quote from an interview with The Barefoot Farmer

 If you read much about farming in America, you can't help but have Monsanto enter the picture.
Genetically altered seeds are the topic of much conversation.  I'm working to be as informed about the food I buy as possible, gathering information here and there on the internet, and found the viewpoint of Jeff Poppen, known as the Barefoot Farmer, to be quite thought provoking.

Barefoot, dreadlocks (including his beard) and of the opinion that "there are no more farmers" because dumping chemicals on the ground doesn't count as farming, Jeff has a lot of interesting viewpoints, as written in this interview on Portrait of a Farm blog, you can read the entire interview at the link below:

STEWARDS:: Red Boiling Springs, Tennessee: Jeff Poppen, Long ...: "We heard of Jeff Poppen as 'the Barefoot farmer' when we were in Asheville and were told that we should really try to meet this amazing ma..."

 Feel free to comment about your opinion of Jeff's ideas.