Amazon’s French ambitions (Reuters): Amazon signed a deal with one of France’s largest supermarket chains to offer its grocery products on the site. Monoprix is the first French retailer to list its groceries with Amazon.
Farmers continue suit against USDA (Organization for Competitive Markets): OCM filed a brief in its ongoing lawsuit against USDA challenging the agency’s withdrawal of the Farmer Fair Practices Rules in October 2017, arguing that USDA violated the Administrative Procedure Act.
Perdue, the quiet deregulator (WBUR): “Here and Now” discusses the deregulatory record of Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue with Bloomberg reporter Alan Bjerga.
Farm and anti-hunger activists win Beards (James Beard Foundation): Winners of the foundation’s Leadership Award: Dara Cooper, co-founder of National Black Food and Justice Alliance; Ferd Hoefner, senior adviser, National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition; Doug Rauch, president of Daily Table; Shirley Sherrod, executive director of Southwest Georgia Project; and Ramon Torres, president of Familias Unidas pro la Justicia.
Is a plant-based diet All-American? (Animal Legal Defense Fund): The ALDF submitted comments to the Agriculture and Health departments urging them to “consider the substantial health benefits of plant-based diets” in writing the new edition of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans.