Farm Aid and Cupcakes

Farm Aid. In 1985, Willie Nelson organized a benefit concert to help struggling farmers stay on their land. This year's Farm Aid concert will be the twenty-fifth, connecting audiences to food issues. But Farm Aid also does year-round work, connecting farmers to services, supporting farm incubators, and advocating for policy changes. In this week's show, Farm Aid's Communications Director Jennifer Fahey explains who Farm Aid serves and how the organization has responded to changes in agriculture over the years.

Let Them Eat Cake. Paulette Coffman and her two daughters Brittany and Chelsea own and operate the local cupcake bakery, Let Them Eat Cake, located on L St. between 4th and 5th in Davis, CA. The three ladies shared their backgrounds with us, how they came up with a cupcake bakery idea, and how they develop those awesome cupcake flavors, like the Dubliner, made with Guinness and Chocolate, and the Cookie Monster, stuffed with chocolate chip cookie dough and covered in cookie dough frosting.

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News.
Think-Tanks Take Oil Money and Use It to Fund Climate Deniers by Jonathan Owen and Paul Bignell on Commondreams.org
A Federal Effort to Push Junk Food Out of School by Gardiner Harris in the New York Times

Music Playlist.

"Amber Waves of Grain" by Merle Haggard (from Live From Austin, Texas on New West)

"Sheep, Sheep, Don'tcha Know The Road" by Bessie Jones & The Sea Island Singers (from Southern Journey, Vol. 6: Don'tcha Know The Road on Rounder)

"Lafayette" by Lucinda Williams (from Happy Woman Blues on Folkways)

"My Boy Builds Coffins" by Florence + The Machine (from Lungs on Universal Island)