Fact Sheets

Comment on Bottled Water as an Alternative Compliance Option for NTNC Water Systems (currently regulated under SDW Act)

This is a statement Mr. Cohen made on behalf of SANIPLAN at the EPA Listening Session on Dec 12, 2006, during the Public Comment section scheduled at the end of the day. Resolve, Inc., the conflict resolution group, that hosted the Listening session will prepare a report on the same.

The Profit Behind Your Plate: Critical Issues in the Processed Food Industry

"This SOMO report analyses the contribution that primary and full processing of food can make to poverty reduction and sustainable development within the current international

Food Without Thought - Fact Sheet

This is a fact sheet version of the longer report on how farm policy impacts obesity.

Strengthening Compliance at the WTO: Cross-retaliation in WTO disputes

The Minneapolis Mini-Market Project

A new project to introduce small farmers markets to low-income communities successfully launched four markets and contributed hundreds of pounds of fresh produce to local food shelves this year.

The WTO Cotton Crisis and the Crisis in Commodities

IATP Sustainable Biomass Production Principles and Practices

Amending WTO intellectual property rules to prevent biopiracy and improve patent quality

Developing countries have proposed an amendment to the World Trade Organization (WTO)'s Agreement on Trade-Related Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) by requiring patent applicants to disclose the origin of biological resources and traditional knowledge used in patented products.

NAMA-11 Ministerial Communique, June 2006

NAMA-11 Ministerial Communique

Price of Pollution - Fact Sheet

A fact sheet version of a longer report documenting the costs of environment-related childhood disease in Minnesota.