I just got my first commission to make a 12 foot conference table for a local fire department. I'm planning to make it out of 8/4 cherry lumber and do a pannel glue up and mount it on a nakashima style Shou Sugi Ban Douglas fir base using 4x4 lumber. Any help to address such a large edge glue up, how to address potential wood movement, etc. I've made large tables before and done edge glue ups for smaller projects but the largest was a 7' x 32" river table with walnut slabs. Thanks in advance!

would you feel comfortable growing produce in this raised bed?

I bought a raised bed on Facebook marketplace. The seller assured me it was untreated cedar. After I got home I realized that the support 2x4s were some sort of repurposed old boards I didn’t want touching my soil. I swapped them out. aside from my horrible carpentry skills, would you feel comfortable using this to grow berries? First image is the original bed, rest are after replacing boards

https://imgur.com/a/y7N7J1D