Reading Round Up: Old Burger Edition

Cupcakes: No longer the darling of retail?

How Much Food Five Bucks Will Buy You Around the World

14-Year-Old McDonald’s Burger Looks Good Enough to Eat

How Mail-Order Chickens Became a Multimillion-Dollar Venture

Would You Eat AquAdvantage Salmon If Approved?

Melon Seeds Sowed

Melon seeds were sowed last weekend, already a few look like they're about to sprout. It's important to note that the melon seeds were started in cups, not in jiffy pellets like the prior seeds. I've learned melon seedlings do not like to be moved, so keeping transfers down to a minimum is best.

Reading Round Up: Blandito Edition

Blandito – a burrito in furniture form

Scientists Transform Cellulose Into Starch: Potential Food Source Derived from Non-Food Plants

Freeway Foraging

Nomad Gardens: A Modular Moveable Feast for Vacant Lots

Black Sabbath helps plants to grow but Sir Cliff Richard 'kills them'

Reading Round Up: Stock Photo Edition

21 Pictures Of Hands Gently Cupping Dirt

The Green Death

The global farm grab is on

Daft Punk to Debut Album at Farm Show in Tiny Australian Town of Wee Waa

Tastes Like Cricket: Designing a Delicious, Insect-Based Food System

Seedlings Are Up

All tomato and peppers seeds were sown at the beginning of April, melon seeds will be started mid April and corn seeds will be direct sown once the soil temp reaches 55-60 degrees.

The seeds of the ultra early tomato variety I bought this year, Beaver Lodge, were sown in cups and placed outside in the mini greenhouse as soon as they sprouted. I bring them in overnight if the temp dips to 40 or below, otherwise they stay outside. The plan is to get them acclimated to the roof as soon as possible so that they can be planted a couple weeks ahead of everything else.

Reading Round Up: Wartime Farm Edition

Wartime Farm: 8-part TV series from BBC. Great series, give it a shot!

The New Pork Gospel

Artist Hong Yi Plays with her Food for 30 Days

Study: 'Organic' Labels Make Food Taste Healthier

Urban farming on brink of corporate era

Reading Round Up: Peep Edition

Peep-Infused Vodka, and Other Things to Do With 2 Billion Gelatinous Birds

Feeding the World's Under-Nourished...with Crickets

Livestock-to-Human MRSA Transmission Confirmed

Growing Plants On Mars

Man caught with 21 tons of stolen cheese