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Dark Horse café moves west, 50 Cent’s gardening hobby, food-related illness declining

By Matthew Halliday
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• Queen East’s beloved Dark Horse café makes its west-side debut with a second location on Spadina north of Queen. Co-owner Deanna Zunde says the new café will fit snugly into its new environs, further fostering the city’s coffee culture without being all, you know, uppity about it. [Torontoist]

• What does rapper 50 Cent have in common with the citizens of Inuvik? A passion for sustainable agriculture, of course. Fitty’s Bronx-based Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson Community Garden and Inuvik’s Community Greenhouse are featured in Carrot City: Designing for Urban Agriculture. [Guelph Mercury]

• Cases of food-related illness have decreased, thanks to Toronto’s restaurant report card system, but a Toronto Public Health study indicates that there’s still work to be done—one in six of us fell ill after eating contaminated food last year. [680 News]

• And as it turns out, our love of international cuisine may be partially to blame. Apparently our globalized food delivery system (raspberries from Guatemala, basil from Central America, unpasteurized carrot juice from God knows where) is making it tougher to guard against exotic food-borne illnesses. [Toronto Star]

• Take that, Dalton. At least one Ontario farmer says that the government’s recently announced $24 million in funding for local food is a politically motivated initiative that’s “not made for farmers; it’s made for business.” [East Ottawa]

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