Max Yasgur was a farmer.
" The New York Times reported that Yasgur "slammed a work-hardened fist on the table and demanded of some friends, 'How can anyone ask money for water?'" His son Sam recalled his father telling his children to "take every empty milk bottle from the plant, fill them with water and give them to the kids, and give away all the milk and milk products we had at the dairy
 He was raised with his brother Isidore (19262010) on the family's farm (where his parents also ran a small hotel) and attended New York University, studying real estate law

