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Eight Carver Students Sickened By Marijuana-Laced Candy; Food Prices Going Up

• Food producers are set to dramatically increase their prices which, surprise, will be passed on to you at the grocery store. [KABC]

• Eight students at South L.A.’s George Washington Carver Middle School became sick yesterday after reportedly passing around a marijuana-laced candy dessert. [L.A. Weekly]

• Chicken in the Sea tuna and cat food, among other edible household items, have high levels of potentially dangerous BPA. [Take Part]

• This weekend’s Taste of the World Festival has been postponed due to an issue with its venue. [Disarray Magazine]

• Of course there’s bacon soda, and of course it’s vile. [NYDN]

• Organic vegetables aren’t any healthier than conventional ones. [Telegraph]

• Whole Foods — “America’s supermarket to the stars” — is opening a store in Scotland. [Herald Scotland]

• Scripps, which owns Food Network and the Travel Channel, is totally rolling in it. [Variety]

• Even the Wall Street Journal has a primer on Champagne sabering. Please, America, don’t actually start doing this. [WSJ]

Eight Carver Students Sickened By Marijuana-Laced Candy; Food Prices Going Up