• Toronto’s small coffee shops are opening second and sometimes third outposts in the city, raising questions about their indie credibility. [National Post]
• Mississauga Secondary School is doing away with the unhealthy pizzas and burgers in its cafeteria, instead serving its students healthy wraps, subs and soups—and winning awards in the process. [Mississauga News]
• Last fall brought a flood of tomes by celebrity chefs, but the newest releases are a batch of idiosyncratic cookbooks on Argentine- and Cajun-style cooking, and preparing the perfect taco. There must be a can-do spirit in the air. [New York Times]
• The major hit organic farming has taken as a result of the economic downturn has only served to drive up prices and thin the herd of organic farmers, which will only increase costs further in the future. [The Atlantic]
• Talk about recessionistas. After budget cuts to a jail meal program in Ohio, inmates have begun growing their own food in the facility’s vegetable garden. [Associated Press]
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