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We are shedding a spotlight on this year's Meadowlark Festival happening in Stone Ridge, New York. I got to attend last year's Meadowlark Festival, and it was a blast! This year, I get to speak with festival founder Dan Leslie to talk about the impact Meadowlark Festival has on local arts and agriculture. Below, you can listen to Dan I's full interview! Meadowlark Festival Returns to Stone Ridge Meadowlark supports organizations that advocate for farmers in the Hudson Valley and nationally, and who are aligned with our values of promoting food security and advocacy for local farms. These organizations include Farm Aid, Rondout Valley Growers Association (RVGA), and Hudson Valley Center For Food, Culture & Agriculture. The festival takes place at Stone Ridge Orchard & Farmers Market, a 200-year-old working farm on 115 acres. The fest takes place September 13-15 in Stone Ridge, NY under its centuries-old “mother” oak tree in a heritage apple orchard including performances from Fruit Bats; Blonde Redhead; Slaughter Beach, Dog; Teer Tick; Laura Stevenson; Daddy Long Legs; Joan Shelley; and more. WHO: Fruit Bats; Blonde Redhead; Slaughter Beach, Dog; Deer Tick; Laura Stevenson; Larry Campbell & Teresa Williams; Jeffrey Lewis & The Voltage; and more WHAT: Meadowlark music festival WHERE: Stone Ridge Orchard, 3012 NY-213, Stone Ridge, NY 12484 WHEN: September 13-15, 2024 TICKETS: https://meadowlarkfest.org/store Meadowlark will also feature local artisans, food vendors, award-winning artisanal hard apple ciders, and more with more details to be announced. Less than two hours north of New York City and a twenty-minute car ride from the Kingston Metro North railroad station, Stone Ridge Orchard and Farmers Market in the scenic Roundout Valley is situated between the Shawangunk Ridge and the Catskill mountain range in the Hudson Valley region. Meadowlark producer and Modrocker Productions, LLC founder Daniel Leslie hails from Dutchess County, graduated from Poughkeepsie’s Vassar College, and now resides in Brooklyn. Leslie and Elizabeth Ryan (owner of Stone Ridge Orchard) attended Farm Aid festival last year and presented the organization with a donation in-person. Farm Aid’s mission is to build a vibrant, family farm-centered system of agriculture in America. Farm Aid artists and board members Willie Nelson, Neil Young, John Mellencamp, Dave Matthews and Margo Price host an annual festival to raise funds to support Farm Aid’s work with family farmers and to inspire people to choose family farm food. For more than 35 years, Farm Aid, with the support of the artists who contribute their performances each year, has raised more than $78 million to support programs that help farmers thrive, expand the reach of the Good Food Movement, take action to change the dominant system of industrial agriculture and promote food from family farms.