Digest: Raw milk underground, U.S.of Arugula, food security

Washington Post: A trip into the raw-milk underground — includes interviews with Sally Fallon, president of the Weston A. Price Foundation and raw milk’s most visible proponent; cranky FDA reps; and milk producers.

New York Times*: A.O. Scott’s review of David Kamp’s new culinary history, “The United States of Arugula,” is worth checking out for Ed Lam’s lead illustration, a “Last Supper” attended by Julia Child, Alice Waters, Mario Battali, and many other familiar chewminaries.

Chicago Tribune: What terrorism could do to our food supply. But don’t be afraid, the article says: “About 25 percent of food that makes it onto U.S. plates is not eaten, meaning there is plenty to go around if supply is cut because of a large mandatory destruction of livestock.”

The Observer (UK): In-depth feature on the amazing demand and crisis of supply that the organic food movement is facing in England, and the lengths supermarkets are going to encourage production.

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: The USDA may have decided that the 28-Hour Law applies to livestock transported by truck, but it hasn’t exactly told truckers yet.

Kansas City Star: How “Cold Case” host Bill Kurtis ended up starting a grassfed cattle enterprise, Tallgrass Beef.

Monterey Herald: Why Californians love their raw milk.

Washington Post: Farm Aid this year focuses on educating consumers about where their food comes from. Willie Nelson says: “We started out trying to save the family farm. Now it looks like the family farm is going to save us.” (Omniwhore wants everyone to know that she saw Willie perform at Austin City Limits music festival this year, and she wishes y’all could have been there.