Food News Roundup: Octopus, Food Stamps, Charity, Smeraldina, Kraft Cuba, and Banned Foods

Jacob Katel | September 29, 2009 | 9:02am

A kid eats octopus in Miami, his mom writes a book. Foodie parents. [DailyNewsOnline]
Miami based Burger King corp running one dollar hollers in the burger war of 09'. [BaltimoreSun]
AP report say Miami is one of the U.S. cities with largest income gaps, and nationwide foodstamp usage jumped 13 percent last year to 9.8 million households. [AssociatedPress]
Catholics in Iowa pay to assemble meals that will get trucked to Miami before being shipped to Haiti. [THonline]
Miami to open a distribution center for Sardinian water from Acqua Smeraldina. [CarriageTradePR]
Buenos Aires governor in Miami for Conference of the Americas comments on 40 day armed conflict at Kraft Food Company plant in Pacheco, Buenos Aires, Argentina. [BuenosAiresHerald]
University of Florida "authority on Cuban agriculture" says Cuba could solve their food crisis "in a minute, with the stroke of a pen." [TheDay]
Alison Austin, CEO of the Belafonte Tacolcy Center, talks to a California paper about banning donuts, sodas, and sugary items from the office. [SanLuisObispo]

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