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Songs Willie Nelson Made Better

By Jason Woods | April 15, 2026

Farm Aid’s 33rd annual music festival — held for the first time in Connecticut — wrapped up this weekend. Farm Aid’s been supporting family farmers in the United States since 1985, and that’s a mission we can certainly get behind. So to celebrate another successful Farm Aid and the release of a new album, here’s a Spotify playlist of Willie Nelson covers, both classic and obscure.

Food & Water

5 Ways to Celebrate World Food Day in Your Classroom

By Heifer International | July 29, 2026

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Food & Water

The Terrifying History of Chocolate

By Jason Woods | August 5, 2025

Despite a lifetime of chocolate eating, I couldn’t tell you how it was made, where it came from or really anything about it until a few years ago. Then I visited a chocolate forest in the Bolivian Amazon, where Heifer worked with families managing and harvesting wild cacao.

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