Food security

Ethanol and Land Use Changes

A respsone to the February 7, 2008 Science studies that examined the greenhouse gas (GHG) impact of land use changes caused by the growing demand for biofuels. Dr. Morris chalenges many of their assumptions and uses their own numbers to demonstrate that as of 2007 ethanhol was reducing GHG.

Food & Society Policy Fellowship Announces 2009 Class

The Food & Society Policy Fellows program named nine new Fellows with backgrounds in farming, public health, film making and policy research to promote strategies for achieving a more sustainable, healthy and equitable food system.

Food, feed or fuel: a measured policy on agricultural

Food Versus Fuel in the United States: Can Both Win in the Era of Ethanol

Report explores issues around the effect of U.S. ethanol production and its impact on the world's hungry.

Food and Agricultural Imports from China

U.S. food and agricultural imports have increased significantly in recent years, causing some in Congress to question whether the U.S. food safety system can keep pace. This report looks at a series of recent incidents that have raised safety concerns from China in particular and at responses from China and the US Congress to tackle the problem.

10 Ways to Get to Get Healthy, Local Foods into Low-Income Neighborhoods: A Minneapolis Resource Guide

This Minneapolis resource guide is for community leaders interested in addressing public health issues associated with poor diets and food insecurity in low-income neighborhoods. Its purpose is to provide ideas, links and contacts to help these leaders get started in addressing food access issues.

A Row to Hoe

A study on the impact of trade liberalization on women throughout the world focusing on the food system, agricultural markets and human rights.

Biofuels and their global influence on land availability for agriculture and nature

A study by CE, a Dutch research agency, about the impact of first generation biofuels on food availability and biodiversity. The study was commissioned by Unilever.

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

Assessing the Bioeconomy

To better understand what others in the U.S. and around the world think about this emerging economy, IATP conducted an informal survey in September 2006. The survey went out to multiple networks that IATP has developed over the years as part of its international trade work, as well as U.S.-based domestic farm and environmental networks.