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That’s Not Really a Bake Sale, Then Here in New York City, some strict rules came down this week on public schools’ longtime fundraising go-to, the bake sale.  Home-baked goods are now a no-no, while foods approved for school vending machines, like Doritos and Pop-Tarts, are ok.

Pre-emptive Lawmaking In Idaho, lawmakers are revamping animal cruelty laws in order to attract new livestock operations and safeguard industry against animal welfare advocates like the Humane Society.

Crop Mobsters In North Carolina, would-be agrarians, as yet landless, are descending upon farms and donating valuable labor hours, often accomplishing more in one day than a smaller team could in months.  Smart!

Bold Move The Farm Bureau is legally challenging the Environmental Protection Agency’s December announcement that greenhouse gases threaten public health.

A Case for Small in the Tropics Two University of Michigan researchers released a paper this week where they make the case that small family farms better preserve biodiversity, in part by providing better pathways for migrating organisms.

Slightly Less Rotten Tomatoes? We hear from friends at The Ethicurean that the Florida Tomato Growers’ Exchange, a group that has long barred progress made by the Coalition of Immokalee Workers and its Fair Food Campaign (by disallowing the penny-a-pound wage increase  agreed to by such mega-buyers as McDonald’s, Burger King and Whole Foods, but still not — ahem — Chipotle) has finally agreed to pass along the increase, but included in the agreement a troubling item that would force laborers to pursue complaints against employers through their employers.

The Wild, Wild West In Wyoming, the Food Freedom Act has passed committee.  The controversial act would allow willing buyers and sellers to forgo currently mandatory food testing procedures.