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Coffee Prices Rising; Is The Dirt Diet Coming Our Way?

• The price of coffee is going up for roasters. Which means it’s also going up for supermarkets. Which means it’s also going up for you! [LAT]

• Five years after the destruction of the South Central Community Garden, one of the nation’s largest urban farms, the land sits unused and the parcel is now in escrow. [Ecorazzi]

• McDonald’s has an interactive billboard in Sweden that lets users play a pong game on their smartphones and win free menu items. The company wanted to launch the gimmick in the U.S. but realized crappy AT&T; service would make each game take five hours. [Mashable]

• Turns out that eating dirt could actually be healthy, since it contains lots of nutrients and may shield against parasites. There’s even a word for it: “geophagy.” [Times of India]

• An overabundance of cheap, easy food, too much work, and a barrage of media may be hurting the mental health of U.S. citizens. [US News]

• Social scamming: Some people in Wisconsin have been illegally selling food stamps on Facebook. [Fox News]

• Obese children and those who consume unhealthy foods at lunchtime don’t do as well on exams. [Daily Mail UK]

Coffee Prices Rising; Is The Dirt Diet Coming Our Way?