Willie Nelson and Friends

Willie Nelson celebrated his 79th birthday this year and certainly isn’t showing any signs of slowing down. His notoriety paradoxically balances between being one of America’s most beloved yet free-spirited singer/ songwriters, and a prolific author, poet, actor and activist. In 2004, he started the Willie Nelson Biodiesel Company, which produces and markets a substitute for diesel fuel made from vegetable oil and animal oils. Nelson has also been an out­spoken proponent for legalization of marijuana, banning the slaughter of horses for meat, and awakening the world to the devastation of the American family farmer by the machinations of agribusiness, government and egregious banking practices.