Publication archives

Dec 16, 2016

“Protectionism” and U.S. farm profitability

by
Dr. Steve Suppan
Congress has gone on recess without holding a vote to approve the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement during the last days of the Obama administration. But on the day after the U.S. elections, Inside U.S.
Dec 6, 2016

European Farm Crisis at center of CETA and TTIP Debate

by
Shefali Sharma
Last week in Berlin, Arbeitsgemeinschaft bäuerliche Landwirtschaft e.V.
European Farm Crisis at center of CETA and TTIP Debate
Dec 1, 2016

The CETA Vote: Will the European Parliament learn from BREXIT and Trump?

by
Shefali Sharma
Our tour across Europe on Selling Off the Farm Corporate Meat’s Takeover Through TTIP and its links to the EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) launched on November 29 at the European Parliament.
Nov 30, 2016

The legacy of lost credibility in fly over country

by
Ben Lilliston
In country star Jason Aldean’s song Fly over States, he overhears first class passengers on a flight from New York to LA, looking down on the countryside and wondering, “who’d want to live down there, in the middle of nowhere.” Aldean then flips the dismissive line into a proud anthem about the middle of the country.
Nov 17, 2016

NAFTA: failed trade policy comes back to where it began

by
Karen Hansen-Kuhn
Some dates get burned in our memories. One date that pops up for me each year is November 17, the day the U.S. Congress approved the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) back in 1993. Now, 23 years later, NAFTA is as controversial as ever.
NAFTA: failed trade policy comes back to where it began
Nov 4, 2016

Latin America is taking action against TPP today!

Today is a Latin America wide day of action against the disastrous effects so-called Free Trade Agreements have had in undermining governments and the will of the people. Below is a public statement from the organizing groups, translated into English by IATP's Karen Hansen-Kuhn:  PUBLIC STATEMENT
Nov 3, 2016

In the battle to win the TPP, has Obama forgotten the lessons of the Vietnam War?

Barack Obama continues to claim that he will manage to get the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) passed by Congress before the end of his presidential term on January 19, 2017.
Oct 20, 2016

Farm to Head Start in Minnesota: Planting the Seeds for a Community-centered Food System

by
Erin McKee VanSlooten
Shiney Varghese
This case study looks at a marketing initiative in two counties in Minnesota (MN), USA, which connects the Hmong American Farmers Association (HAFA) with the Head Start Program run by the Community Action Partnership of Ramsey and Washington Counties (CAPRW) in Minnesota.
Farm to Child Care: A no-brainer for healthy kids