Sunday Roundup: This Week in moe.rons.com articles

Welcome to the weekly moe.rons.com feature: The Sunday Roundup! This is where I highlight all of the articles published in the last week on moe.rons.com in case you missed them ... but we are sure you didn't since we know you love us so much you are constantly refreshing the main page ... right *cough*

Al & The Transamericans tour -- now with venue/time information! - Technically, from the following week, but we missed last Sunday's feature, so shhhh!

moe.'s Farm Aid 2008 set list - Short, but sweet.

Achieving a distinctive sound? - Was that a slight against Chuck? Is that a bunny with a pancake on its head? You be the judge!

[POLL] Do you want to see user-submitted reviews here? - You go to see live music, right? Why not tell us about it!

Move over Farmer Ben ... Meet Farmer Dave! - moe. joins farmer Dave Purpura for a discussion during Farm Aid.

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~ Sean

Move over Farmer Ben ... Meet Farmer Dave!

The South Coast Gazette posted an article this morning highlighting a Farm Aid panel with produce farmer Dave Purpura, owner of Plato's Harvest in Middleborough, MA. What does this have to moe.? Well, during the panel, Purpura was joined by our very own Al, Rob, and Vinnie.

The panel was part of the Homegrown Village stage of Farm Aid, where Purpura discussed his sucess and qualms with the produce industry.

The message: buy local, support family farmers rang out from both the artists and concert goers.

It's not just about fresh food and sustainable agriculture. Food that's shipped from South America uses up a tremendous amount of natural resources making its way across the continent. moe. guitarist Al Schnier, said, "If we all were part of the equation, supporting local farmers just a bit more, the environmental impact would be remarkable."

Despite ribbing from the band moe. who dubbed him Farmer Dave, Mr. Purpura said it wasn't a mid-life crisis that made him turn from an engineering career to organic farming. "It was kind of planned, it was always my intention."

I highly recommend readers to check out the full article by CLICKING HERE.

For more information on Farm Aid, CLICK HERE.

moe.'s Farm Aid 2008 set list

Short, but sweet, moe. performed this past Saturday at Farm Aid 2008. They performed a 15-minute set at around 2:40 EST.

Set: All Roads Lead to Home, Darkness > Tailspin

Currently, some of the live webcast is being shown on the Farm Aid page. I am unsure whether moe.'s performance is part of it.

You can check out the webcast HERE