We work to create sustainable food agriculture systems | IATP
Produced by IATP as part of the Campaign for Family Farms and the Environment, this four-part limited podcast series examines the history and consequences of factory farms in the Midwest U.S., and the movement of farmers and rural organizers fighting to …
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IATP envisions agriculture, trade and food systems that are good for people, farmers and food system workers, ecosystems and social justice globally. IATP is built on the power of systems thinking. We organize our work into three core areas that are …
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Nov 18, 2024 · The following comments were submitted on Dec. 12, 2024 to the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. MPCA’s guiding principles on PFAS pollution are laudable ones, and they are principles that we agree should be pursued: Prevent …
[Watch] Shaping the Future of Food: Community Food Systems
Oct 24, 2024 · This fall, IATP expert staff and board members will dig deeper into a specific area of our work — from national policy to local food systems — and explain how each area of work is crucial to shaping the future of our food. We invite you to learn more about our work, our vision for the future and how you can help.
Vision for a Just Transition for Food and Agriculture | IATP
The concept of a just transition has a long history, coming out of the labor, climate justice, Indigenous peoples, and fossil-fuel dependent communities. More recently, policymakers and civil society organizations in different parts of the world are proposing a just transition for agriculture and food systems.
IRA expanded access to leading conservation programs, demand …
Jan 29, 2024 · MINNEAPOLIS—A new report from the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) examines the effectiveness of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) in enhancing access to key federal conservation programs in Fiscal Year 2023.Opening the door for more conservation highlights the urgent need for continued funding to meet the overwhelming demand for the …
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What does it mean to get big or get out? As CAFOs began to take over livestock production in the U.S. through the 1990s, the consequences of this corporate-controlled, vertically-integrated system rippled throughout rural economies, putting smaller independent farmers and their suppliers out of business, and trapping others in debt and dependence on exploitative meat …
Food system experts launch project to transform global food trade …
Aug 9, 2023 · MINNEAPOLIS—The Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy is pleased to announce the launch of an ambitious three-year project that will advance urgently needed changes to the global trading system to meet the mounting challenges in global food distribution.Funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation, the project brings together a …
Trade & Governance - IATP
Oct 21, 2024 · International trade policy is driven by a narrow set of interests, negotiated far from the public eye. Since the formation of the World Trade Organization in 1995, global and bilateral free trade agreements and weak regulatory frameworks have entrenched an extractive and exploitative system that expands corporate profits and power to the detriment of workers, …