• Turkey, Texas, will not be changing its name to “Tofurky,” despite PETA’s entreaties. Somehow, promises to treat the whole town to a Tofurkey-based vegan meal didn’t work either. [NYDN]
• We’ve always been a little afraid of the Big Brother potential of supermarket loyalty cards, which keep a record of everything a person buys at a chain, but it turns out they’re pretty helpful in tracing food-contamination outbreaks. [Salt/NPR]
• The Health Department is again attacking public enemy No. 1 — now they’ve gone and banned those communal cheese pots all the barflies at Sardi’s relied on for dinner. [NYT]
• Despite what the people at Whole Foods will tell you, sea salt is no healthier than table salt. [NYDN]
• Speaking of food-vendor crackdowns, a bunch of illegal carts were pulled off the streets of Washington Heights. [DNA Info]
• According to some scary infographics, feeding everyone on the planet will take every inch of soil. Sounds like we’d all better start eating less. [Co.Exist/Fast Company]
