Singer-songwriter Anais Mitchell is about to embark on her Vermont Barnstorming Tour. She stopped by the VPR Performance Studio to sing several songs from here latest releases.

We look at how the new federal school lunch guidelines are being received in Vermont school cafeterias and we listen to a live performance by Vermont singer-songwriter Anais Mitchell.

Music contributor Matt Bushlow reports on how Anais Mitchell's "Hadestown" grew from Vermont roots into a high-octane collaboration on Righteous Babe Records.