Weekly Link Roundup – September 16

• Kendall College Launches a Business Incubator for Food Entrepreneurs, ChicagoInno

Midwest Good Food

• Can Whole Foods Lift Up New Englewood Plaza? Business Owners Have Faith, DNAInfo
• Midwest Farmers Brew Up Hops For Local Craft Beer, Earth Eats
• New Fulton Market Harvest Fest Launched by Stephanie Izard, Paul Kahan, DNAInfo
• In Milwaukee, harvesting from deep roots – Alice’s Garden has history: the Underground Railroad, industrial growth, white flight, urban renewal. Here’s what grows there now, New Food Economy
• How I Became a Soil Sister, Edible Madison
• Giant Floating Garden Coming To Chicago River Near Goose Island, DNAInfo

National Good Food Conversation

• The Hub of Hubs: New York is Investing $15 Million in Large-Scale Regional Food Distribution, Civil Eats
• World’s largest vertical farm grows without soil, sunlight or water in Newark, The Guardian
• Good Food is Good Business: An Interview with Karen Karp, Food Tank
• Food Activist Ellen Gustafson On How To Be A Change-Maker, Forbes
• Organic Looking To Corner The Market On Humanely Raised Meat, Net Nebraska
• $21.8M for FSMA implementation – Rule establishes science-based minimum standards for food safety practices, Morning Ag Clips
• Spurring agricultural innovation – 45 projects will spur conservation initiatives on both rural & urban farms, Morning Ag Clips
• Grocers Tackle New Food-Safety Issues as Tastes Grow for Prepared Meals, Wall Street Journal
• A 27-Year-Old Farmer Says You Can Pay Off Your Student Loans By Growing Food, Good

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