Agriculture

IATP has been advocating for fair and sustainable agriculture and food systems for more than 35 years. Learn more about our agriculture work on our Agriculture & Food Systems page.

Letter to U.S. Congressional Leadership

The Commodity Market Oversight Coalition is comprised of about 50 energy, agricultural, transportation and consumer organizations. CMOC advocates for U.S. legislation and rules to prevent excessive speculation in commodity markets.

Earthworms

Devin Foote is a 24-year-old beginning farmer at Common Ground Farm in Beacon, New York. Throughout the growing season, Devin will be chronicling his experiences as a young farmer growing for a local food system. May 28, 2009

Toronto's Model on Local Food

There are many remarkable, innovative leaders in the local and sustainable food movement around the world. Wayne Roberts of Toronto's Food Policy Council is one of them.

A Remarkable Shift in Food System Debates

This article first appeared in Civil Eats. Three recent actions by big agribusiness companies to manipulate public opinion have me almost giddy with excitement. After years dictating the direction of the food system, agribusiness is taking a reactionary stance.

Seeing the forest through the corn

Forest land home to rare bird species isn't the usual image that comes to mind when we think of Iowa. But the Yellow River Forest area in northeast Iowa totals 135,000 acres of unfragmented forest.

Europe and U.S. bear special responsibility for food crisis, new report finds

Policies enacted by the United States and the European Union, and aggressively pushed through global institutions during the last several decades, laid the ground for the ongoing food crisis.

Global Food Responsibility: The European Union and United States Must Chart a New Path

The U.S. and the European Union have a particular responsibility to address the global food crisis. This report outlines how they could play a constructive role.

Food, Agriculture and Doha

An article as part of the larger publication Moving Forward on Global Trade.

Land grabs

During the past year, mainstream media coverage of major global crises—food, water, climate and economic—has focused primarily on the latter.

A New Framework for Food and Agriculture?

IATP's Alexandra Spieldoch blogs from the 17th Session of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD) meeting in New York.

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