Yes, there was plenty of music to be enjoyed at Farm Aid at Huntington Bank Stadium on Saturday, the first time in the organization’s 40-year history that Minnesota has played host.

But at its core, the festival is about building economic and political support for family farmers and sustainable, small-scale agriculture, and that goal was front and center at Farm Aid 40.

During an invitation-only panel discussion before the concert for the media, farmers, organizers and other guests, musicians and Minnesota farmers highlighted the importance of events like Farm Aid in supporting family farmers across the country.

“The face of agriculture is changing, and we have to be able to support everybody who wants to come and do this work, because it’s hard work,” Kelsey Zaavedra, who runs Heirloom

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