Max Yasgur was a dairy farmer in Bethel, New York.
== Woodstock Festival ==After area villages Saugerties (located about 40 miles (64 km) from Yasgur's farm) and Wallkill declined to provide a venue for the festival, Yasgur leased one of his farm's fields for a fee that festival sponsors said was $10,000
"Yasgur quickly established a rapport with the concert-goers, providing food at cost or for free

