Willie Nelson for Nobel Peace Prize: UPDATE
The campaign for a Nobel Peace Prize for Willie Nelson's Farm Aid work and other causes continues. Thus far, over 25,000 have supported the effort by liking Willie Nelson for a Nobel Peace Prize page on Facebook.
With this year's Farm Aid 2012 in Hershey, PA coming up, we thought it was a good idea to remind folks of the remarkable lifetime achievements of the founder of Farm Aid, Willie Nelson.
Willie Nelson's efforts for Farm Aid, his work on alternative fuels, and world peace initiatives deserve a nomination for a Nobel Peace Prize. (Full details of Nelson's career and commitment to humanitarian efforts are here.)
Willie Nelson has been helping family farmers for over 25 years and has raised awareness of healthy foods while raising funds for the cause.
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 more than $37 million to promote a strong and resilient family farm system of agriculture. Farm Aid is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to keep family farmers on their land.
John Mellencamp is campaigning to get Willie Nelson a Nobel Peace Prize. The interview took place on SIRIUS XM Willie's Place at Farm Aid 25 in Milwaukee, Wisc.
Thanks everybody for liking Willie Nelson for Nobel Peace Prize page on Facebook!
UPDATE:
by thrasher@PermaLink: 9/03/2012 08:48:00 AM
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First of all it is a ridiculous idea Willie Nelson winning the Nobel. Neil Young has done far greater good over the years. But you never know with the Nobel people Obama won just by winning the presidency.
I think the concept of Farm Aid had had a positive impact on Americans opting for fresh, locally grown and locally produced food. What would get the nod from the nominating committee in Olso is how many people from around the world are inspired by Farm aid's mission. Can the Farm aid model and mission benefit the global community? This is the criteria the folks use in Olso for consideration. Barack Obama was considered for this award because his views of diplomacy and energy renewal benefitted our global community instead of only looking out for the American oil and petroleum industries.
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