Corky Jones and David Senter
Recorded
September 17, 2015
43:11 minutes
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Id:
chd000451
Description
Friends Corky Jones (84) and David Senter (67) talk about their decades of activism on behalf of American farms and farmers.Subject Log / Time Code
David tells a story from his farming childhood about the time he announced he was old enough to pick cotton.
Corky recalls "Tractorcade"--the 1979 protest that saw hundreds of farmers from around the country descending on Washington in their tractors in an effort to change agricultural policy.
Corky talks about the time he traveled to Geneva, Switzerland, to advocate for American farmers.
David says that Farm Aid saves lives by letting struggling, suicidal farmers know that they're not alone.
David goes into more detail about "Tractorcade."
Participants
- Corky Jones
- David Senter