Weekly Media Mix: Historically Sneaky Food Packaging; Olive Garden Gets Healthy; And The Worst 2011 Food Trends

Every Friday, The Daily Byte's Weekly Media Mix rounds up some of the week's big food stories.

Politics
• The Humane Society and United Egg Producers are partnering in support of passing the first ever federal regulations for the treatment of farmed animals. [HuffPo]
• House Republicans are resisting the Obama administration's attempts to curb junk food advertising aimed at children. [USA]

Restaurants
• Pat and Gina Neely are teaming up with Chopped champion Wade Burch to open Neely's Barbecue Parlor in Manhattan next Wednesday. [GS]
• Sam Sifton awards two stars to Andrew Carmellini's The Dutch. [NYT]

Health
• A new report from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Trust for America's Health names Mississippi the nation's fattest state for the seventh year running. [HuffPo]

Events
• The first ever New York Dîner en Blanc will take place on August 25th at a yet-to-be disclosed Manhattan location. [NYT]

Press
• Jonathan Gold pinpoints the ten worst food trends of 2011, in his opinion. [Sunset]

Industry
• Olive Garden introduces a new healthy kids menu. [NRN]
• 50 years of sneaky food packaging. [Chow]

Entertainment
• Popular bands and their burgeoning culinary ventures. [Spinner]
• Lifetime's new reality show, Roseanne's Nuts, about Rosanne Barr's life on a macadamia nut farm in Hawaii will premiere next week. [Eater]

Shame of the Week
• A group of teens allegedly robbed children running a lemonade stand outside of Cleveland. [HuffPo]

Video
• Mexican pop sensation Jesse & Joy's new stop-motion music video is made entirely of cookies. [Vimeo]

The Daily Byte is a regular column dedicated to covering interesting food news and trends across the country. Click here for previous columns.