In this episode of Against the Grain, join us backstage at Farm Aid 2024 in Saratoga Springs, New York, for an interview with Tennessee State Representative Justin Jones. Farm Aid Board Artist Margo Price invited Representative Jones to join us in Saratoga Springs, and we caught up with him after he and Margo returned from a panel in the HOMEGROWN Village.

You may know Representative Jones already. He's one of the two Tennessee state representatives expelled from the House during a debate over public safety in the wake of a horrific school shooting in Nashville. In a special election, Jones and his colleague Justin Pearson were quickly returned to their seats in the House. We were excited to talk to Jones because, as he tells it, he was put on the House Agriculture Committee as a punishment. Justin illustrates how bipartisan work is possible when issues are humanized and how food and agriculture are some of the issues that transcend usual divisions in the legislature.