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Market Merchants Mourn Ochs; 100-Year-Old Butter Found Near South Pole

• Reading Terminal Market merchants recall their memories of beloved butcher Harry Ochs after his funeral. [Inquirer]

• A 100-year-old block of New Zealand butter was discovered during the restoration of Captain Robert Scott’s base station in Antarctica. [Daily Mail]

• The food workers’ union along with Smithfield and Shop-Rite donated 150,000 servings of protein to food bank Philabundance. [KYW]

• Scientists have figured out a way to turn the byproducts from improperly fermented wine into electricity and hydrogen. [MSNBC]

• The White House vegetable garden was planted with spinach, lettuce, carrots, mustard greens, chard and cabbage for the winter. [AP via Google]

• Pepsi, last year’s biggest buyer, will not advertise on Super Bowl XLIV. Coca Cola is stoked. [WSJ

• Federal tap water regulations are so outdated that millions of Americans have consumed water “that did not meet at least one commonly used government health guideline intended to help protect people from cancer or serious disease.” [NYT]

Market Merchants Mourn Ochs; 100-Year-Old Butter Found Near South Pole