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Restaurants Retract Recession Deals; Greenmarkets’ Downside

• Restaurants are trying to slowly wean customers off the deals imposed immediately after the economic crisis, but customers aren’t having it. [WSJ]

• Urban farmers’ markets give farmers a disincentive to sell to their own neighbors, since they can get more money in the city. [Salon]

• Breakfast has accounted for almost 60 percent of the restaurant industry’s growth over the past five years. [NRN]

• Rieslings from the Finger Lakes are drawing international attention. [NYP]

• The National Pork Board sent a cease-and-desist letter to a blog that used the slogan “the new white meat” in a joke ad for unicorn meat. [ThinkGeek]

Restaurants Retract Recession Deals; Greenmarkets’ Downside