China buying Russian soybeans (Bloomberg): Amid its ongoing trade dispute with the United States, China has tripled its soybean imports from Russia. China is the world’s largest soybean importer.
Chicago county improves food procurement (Chicago Food Policy Action Council): Cook County, Illinois, has adopted the Good Food Purchasing Program, a set of guidelines meant to direct institutional food purchasing toward sustainable, ethical food sources.
Missouri says no to fake meat (Missouri Cattlemen’s Association): Missouri is the first state in the country to pass legislation that “prohibits misrepresenting a product as meat that was not derived from harvested livestock.”