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 …
Agriculture & Food Systems - IATP
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Agroecological Transitions - IATP
Dec 21, 2023 · As a science, agroecology is: 1) the integrative study of the ecology of the entire food system, encompassing ecological, economic, social and political dimensions; 2) the application of ecological concepts and principles to the design and management of sustainable food systems; and 3) the integration of research, education, action and change that brings sustainability to ecological, economic ...
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.
Agriculture - IATP
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 …
The latest - IATP
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 …
The Fertilizer Trap - IATP
Nov 8, 2022 · The global food system is addicted to chemical fertilisers. For the past 50 years, these fertilisers have been heavily promoted by global institutions, governments and agribusiness as the means for increasing crop yields, while other options for increasing soil fertility and food production have been ignored or undervalued. The era of cheap fertilisers is over, and the costs have become too ...
Agribusiness, Family Farmers and the Future of Food | IATP
About Eating Tomorrow: Agribusiness, Family Farmers, and the Battle for the Future of Food. In Eating Tomorrow: Agribusiness, Family Farmers, and the Battle for the Future of Food, Timothy A. Wise takes us to remote villages to see how farmers are rebuilding their life-giving soils with more ecologically sound practices, using compost and manure to …
The Farm Bill - IATP
Trade & the Farm Bill. It is impossible to separate the Farm Bill from the country’s commitment to free trade. The passage of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in 1994 and the formation of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in 1995 set the stage for the 1996 Farm Bill, which stripped away the last vestiges of U.S. supply management programs in order to expand production and ...
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 core consortium of international scholars and ...