• 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]