• Chicago’s food deserts are actually shrinking: according to a study by Mari Gallagher Research and Consulting Group, the number of Chicagoans living in neighborhoods with poor access to fruits and vegetables has decreased by 39 percent in the past five years. [Trib]
• Chili’s has installed tabletop ordering terminals at some of its restaurants, with a full rollout planned for later this summer. Expect more impulse ordering of Southwestern Eggrolls after a couple of those blue drinks. [NRN]
• Spend a day with Alice Waters and you’ll learn about things like the “organic-chicken crisis” and feel bad that you’re not eating more farro spaghetti. [WSJ]
• Stabilizing food prices was a chief goal at the G-20 summit, where “agriculture ministers agreed to establish a transparent system to track global supplies and set up emergency food reserves.” ‘Bout time. [AP]
