Artist Statement
“To celebrate Farm Aid's 40 years of fighting for family farms, I created this art to remind people that Farm Aid provides a voice for people who don't have the kind of resources that corporate agriculture does. Farm Aid was founded in 1985 by Willie Nelson, Neil Young, and John Mellencamp as a concert to raise awareness about the loss of family farms and to raise funds to keep farm families on the land. It continues to operate the music festival to keep that mission alive with the next Farm Aid concert taking place on September 20th in Minneapolis, Minnesota. With this piece, "Farms Not Facto
About This Print
Farms Not Factories is a 2025 screen print created to mark Farm Aid's 40th anniversary. Measuring 18 x 24 inches on 80# cream Speckletone paper, it is a signed, numbered first edition of 500, published by Obey Giant at $70. The composition depicts a lone farmhouse on a vast landscape to evoke independent farming, with ripped collage layers incorporating historical images of Farm Aid rallies and newspaper clippings from the archives. The work contrasts family farmers with corporate agriculture, advocating for independent farming and the collective support Farm Aid provides. Each print includes a Digital Certificate of Authenticity from Verisart.
Market Context
Estimated market value: 290.0. Observed range 250.0–430.0. Latest recorded sale: 2026-06-01. Value is the median of recorded public sales (>= $100); low-high shows the observed sale range.