• 35 Illinois legislators toured local Chicago farms as part of the recently passed Local Food, Farms and Jobs Act. [Prairie Chefs]
• Fifty Cent has settled a lawsuit against Taco Bell for using his name without permission in an ad. [NYP]
• Mogul Richard Branson is opening a fifteen acre culinary resort called Natirar in New Jersey next week. [Diner’s Journal/NYT]
• China has executed two men for their role in last year’s contaminated milk scandal. [NYT]
• Scientists have found that a diet rich in Vitamin A will help you fight disease (including swine flu) better. [WSJ]
• NBC has declined to run a PETA ad about turkey cruelty during the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. [Gothamist]