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See the Cartspotting Winners at This Year’s Street Food Fest; Chicken-Sitting Is Big In Portland

Hapa SF, Adobo Hobo, Chairman Bao and The Gumbo Cart are among the winners of the Cartspotting contest who’ll be appearing at the SF Street Food Fest. [SFoodie, Earlier]

• The makers of Point Reyes blue cheese have a new, hard cheese called Toma. [Chron]

• Raquel’s brand hummus is being recalled because of Listeria contamination. [SF Appeal]

• Edible SF just launched a column on urban agriculture, talking about everything from seed funding and window box growing to harvesting services for urban fruit trees. [Edible SF]

• An early look at Skool. [Bunrab]

• Portland, Oregon now boasts a thriving backyard-chicken-sitting business. [CNN]

• Dr. Zeke Emanuel (brother of Ari and Rahm) moonlights as a food critic for The Atlantic. [NYT]

• The food industry has managed to stall a government initiative to limit food ads aimed at children. [NYT]

• The heat wave, combined with some dry soil, is endangering this year’s Arkansas melon crop. [NYT]

• Food companies are cracking down on those who steal and resell their plastic packing crates. [WSJ]

See the Cartspotting Winners at This Year’s Street Food Fest;