Weekly Link Roundup – July 15

Midwest Good Food

• The Publican Names New Executive Chef As Brand Faces Expansions, Chicago Eater
• O’Hare Upgrade: Publican Tavern Arriving July 26 At Airport, Chicago Eater
• Feast At the Farm: A Farmer, a Baker, a Brewer and a Chef, Forbes
• Bow Truss’ Phil Tadros: A serial entrepreneur with a long list of ideas and longer list of enemies, Crain’s
• Why farmland may become a more popular neighborhood amenity than a golf course, MarketWatch
• Local Entrepreneurs Aim for Zero Waste with Plant Chicago, WTTW

 

National Good Food Conversation

• Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Proclaims August 7-13 “National Farmers Market Week”, USDA
• The Latest Crop in the Local Food Movement? Wheat, Modern Farmer
• The James Beard Foundation’s Kris Moon on JBF’s Impact Programs and the Good Food Movement, ecoCentric
• The Mixing Bowl: More Collaboration Needed to Meet the Key Challenges Facing Food and Ag Today, AgFunder
• Target Just Funded a Handful of Groups at the Heart of the Food Movement, CivilEats
• 5 trends guiding food safety practices, FoodDive
• How millennial tastes shape a new generation of food startups, Miami Herald
• Digested: Can Tech Money Help Real Food Scale Up?, Civil Eats
• How Women Farmers are Changing U.S. Agriculture, Civil Eats
• Repurposing Food Waste is Not a New Thing, Food52

 

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