Soul Food Farm, Swords into Plowshares, Farmer-Veteran Coalition

The first half of the show features Alexis Koefed of Soul Food Farms in Vacaville. Her operation features pastured poultry including eggs and meat. For more info about her farm and CSA go to www.soulfoodfarm.com

The second half will be dedicated to Veteran's Day, we will be speaking with Paul Cox, a Vietnam veteran who is an activist and advocate for veterans of current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. More info available at http://www.swords-to-plowshares.org/

Then we turn to Michael O'Gorman, a founder with the Farmer Veteran Coalition based here in Davis. The Farmer Veteran Coalition seeks to give opportunities to young veterans as they return to civilian life as production farmers, what O'Gorman calls "the second most challengin job in the U.S." after serving in the military. More info about how to get involved with the Farmer-Veteran Coalition is available at http://www.farmvetco.org/

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