Weekly Link Roundup – August 12

Midwest Good Food

• Goodbye, Orange Julius, hello, Furious Spoon (about the recent popularity of food halls), Crain’s
• They Might be Giant: Rob Levitt talks to Jason Vincent and Ben Lustbader, Fooditor
• This Quilt Is Covered in Dirt—on Purpose – Urbanized populations are losing their connection to life-supporting soil. One farmer is letting the dirt speak for itself, National Geographic
• Locally grown and organic produce are in demand (This story includes MOSES 2006 Organic Farmers of the Year, the Schuttes of Triple S Farms), Effingham Daily News
• Egg Innovations Donates 250,000 Blue Sky Family Farms Free Range Organic Eggs to the Greater Chicago Food Depository, PR Newswire

National Good Food Conversation

• This Canadian Startup Wants to Be the ‘Plant Whisperer’ of Indoor Farming, Modern Farmer
• Digested: Farm Together Now – As eaters, we depend on farmers, and they depend on us for more than just showing up at the market., Civil Eats
• Edible Weeds Are the New Edible Flowers: How One Austin Farm Is Growing Trash as Treasure, Munchies
• NIFA programs support farmers markets, Morning Ag Clips
• Secretary Vilsack Announces $36.5 Million for Specialty Crop Research and Extension Investments, USDA
• Congress can help young farmers succeed, Sacramento Bee
• Not so peachy – Crop insurance is supposed to cover everybody. But a devastating flash freeze in the Northeast proved it doesn’t, New Food Economy
• Direct-Marketing Farms Have Double the Regional Economic Impact, NSAC
• Buying directly from farmers has outsized impact on local economy, UC Davis study finds, Sacramento Bee

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