• Raw milk advocates rallied for legalization of the drink on the Common yesterday. [Globe]
• Lisa “Hungry Girl” Lillien signed an eight-figure book deal with St. Martin’s Press. [PW]
• Connecticut is set to finally legalize the sale of farm-made pickles. [WSJ]
• John McCain doesn’t support federal funding of the “Know Your Farmer” program which, he argues, is “aimed at ‘small and organic producers’ whose customers generally consist of ‘affluent patrons of urban farmers markets.’” [Politics of the Plate]
• Colleges are slowly beginning to combat food insecurity among their students with programs like free lunches and food pantries filled with leftovers from faculty meetings. [Atlantic]
