• New England’s shrimp season starts today and it looks like it will be a good one. [Globe]
• This year’s Utopia beer from Sam Adams is 27 percent alcohol and costs $150 a bottle. [Herald]
• China has okayed two strains of genetically-modified rice. [WSJ]
• Scientists have grown pork meat in a laboratory for the first time, though it’s worth noting that they have not yet tasted it. [Times]
• 1,979 people went to the emergency room with bagel-related injuries last year. [WSJ]
