The Piggery Brings Pork Chops from the Farm to Your Doorstep; Burger King Introduces Fancy Burger

​The Piggery is the first meat CSA servicing the New York area. The family farm, located north of Ithaca, has about 130 pigs that they raise in an open-air barn. Some 45 participants have already enrolled, mostly from Brooklyn. [NY Daily News]

Thousands of black farmers who were denied farm loans from the USDA or subjected to other forms of discrimination will be eligible to receive $1.25 billion in a settlement.
[Reuters]

Wal-Mart may not be so bad after all. Communities with a Wal-Mart, which sells fresh produce, see a reduction in obesity rates. And the chain is moving to green its operations.
[NY Times, previously]

Burger King is rolling out its new Steakhouse XT burger, recession be damned. The premium burger contains seven ounces of beef and costs $3.99.
[Nation's Restaurant News]

On the salt debate, there is no right or wrong answer yet. Maybe enforcing restrictions on salt will save lives. But it also might make Americans even fatter.
[NY Times]

Mario Batali is excited to be back in the kitchen at his forthcoming Eataly Italian food emporium. Of the six different restaurants, his favorite seems to be the meat one.
[TIME]

Apparently, prison food really is as bad as they say. San Quentin State Prison has been getting terrible reviews on Yelp.
[Washington Post]