Planning underway for Farm Aid 25

No date, location or artists were named to the concert. Farm Aid's mission is to keep family farmers on the land and to create a family farm-centered food system in America.

"Farm Aid representatives say planning for the 25th anniversary concert and the events leading up to it is in the works," according to a press release. "Concert events will celebrate the contribution the organization has made to supporting family farmers and showcase the positive, sustainable future that family farmers are growing through their hard work every day. All across the country, family farmers are rebuilding local and regional food systems and re-energizing the economy."

"In 1985, we started out to save the family farmer. Now it looks like the family farmer is going to save us," said Farm Aid president Nelson. "As our nation continues to endure an historic economic downturn, America's family farmers offer us much hope."

During the mid-1980s, farmers found themselves threatened with foreclosures, bankruptcy and eviction from the farm. Hundreds of thousands of farms were lost. In response, the first Farm Aid concert was held in 1985, and since then, the organization has backed family farmers.