Agriculture

Import Food Safety in the Twilight of the Bush Administration

In 2007, 30 million pounds of ground beef was pulled off the U.S. market in a series of twenty recalls because of contamination concerns. The recalls highlight serious concerns in our deregulated food safety system. Over the last decade we've reduced the number of food safety inspectors and instead rely more on the food industry to regulate itself.

Farm Bill Perpetuates Market Deregulation and Volatility

The 2008 Farm Bill coming to the House and Senate floor includes incremental gains for conservation, renewable energy, food aid and healthier local food systems.

Puede la Ronda de Doha de la OMC resolver la Crisis Alimentaria Mundial?

Los lideres de las instituciones financieras y del comercio mundial - Organizacion Mundial del Comercio (OMC), el Banco Mundial, el Fondo Monetario Internacional (FMI) y la Organizacion Economica para la Cooperacion y el Desarrollo (OECD) - estan promoviendo el logro de la conclusion de la Ronda de Doha de negociacion de acuerdos comerciales de la OMC, como una manera de solucionar la actual

7 Reasons Why the Doha Round Will Not Solve the Food Crisis

Leaders at the WTO and World Bank are pushing for a Doha Round to help solve the food crisis, but here are seven reasons why they are wrong.

Food, Water and Climate Challenges

It is time for us to get serious about understanding the way climate change affects water resources for food production and conversely the way agricultural water use is leading to climate change.

Biofuels Contributing to Changing Land-Use Patterns, Affecting Biodiversity

Increasing production of crops for biofuels is exacerbating agriculture's impact on biodiversity in many parts of the world, finds a new report by IATP.

Will the Food Crisis Finally Get the Attention of Presidential Candidates

As we head into another round of presidential primaries, the specter of a growing world food crisis looms on the horizon.

Biofuel and Global Biodiversity