• A new study shows that taxes, like those proposed and voted down in Philadelphia last spring, on soda and other sweetened soft drinks would have little effect on obesity and public health. [Newsworks]
• Angelina Jolie is all about Spanish food. Fine, just so long as she doesn’t go make a TV show about it with Mario Batali! [AP]
• Windowfarms windowsill-gardening systems could be a boon to urban areas where fresh food is scarce, such as our apartment. [Triple Pundit]
• Germany has pledged 6 million dollars to help the U.N. target child hunger and promote sustainable agriculture in poor countries, among other goals. [Monsters and Critics]
• Rising food prices seem likely to counteract any benefit the Chinese economy has experienced from metal and oil inflation. [Commodities Note/FT]
• The U.S. is not immune to food inflation, either. Tell us about it, we just ate at Per Se — ouch! [Wall Street Grand/WSJ]
• Japan, for one, is stocking up. The country purchased 19,520 metric tons of wheat, from Canada and Australia. That’s a lot of ramen! [Bloomberg]
