# Feeding Southwest Virginia Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/vital-voices-6695622/feeding-southwest-virginia Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/vital-voices-6695622/feeding-southwest-virginia.md Podcast: [Vital Voices](https://stenobird.com/podcast/vital-voices-6695622) Published: 2026-04-30T04:50:37+00:00 Episode link: https://www.wets.org/podcast/vital-voices/2026-04-30/rachel-garnett Audio file: https://cpa.ds.npr.org/s374/audio/2026/04/vitalvoicespodcastepisode135.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/vital-voices-6695622/episodes/feeding-southwest-virginia Duration seconds: 1079 ## Resource In this edition of “Vital Voices,” we examine the problem of hunger in Appalachia and what one organization is doing about it. Feeding Southwest Virginia is marking 45 years of service to a region where one child in every five is facing hunger. Our guest is Rachel Garnett with Feeding Southwest Virginia. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/vital-voices-6695622/episodes/feeding-southwest-virginia/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/vital-voices-6695622/feeding-southwest-virginia.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.