Agriculture

Food sovereignty: A social construction from the field

This article is the first in a series of articles highlighting the work of our colleagues around the world to build agroecological practices, science and movements.

Meeting the Methane Pledge: The U.S. can do more on agriculture

Introduction

Getting from pledge to climate action on agricultural methane

Governments met last week in Bonn, Germany to set the stage for the November U.N. Framework Conference on Climate Change (COP27) meeting in Egypt.

Lessons for the EU’s carbon farming plans

As Europe considers a carbon removal framework that includes so-called “carbon farming” from the agriculture sector to meet its net zero goal by 2050, the U.S. experience with agriculture carbon offset credits should raise questions about whether such an approach is desirable or feasible. Agriculture carbon markets have floundered in the U.S.

What is agroecology, and how can it provide solutions to crises that plague our food systems and create food democracies?

Introduction 

IATP advocacy advances help for farmers devastated by "forever chemicals”

Laissez-faire national policy has long allowed sludge from sewage and industrial wastewater to be used as fertilizer on food and feed crops, even though it contains toxic Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) and hundreds of other toxic chemicals.

The next big (pesticide) thing and protecting farmworker health

One of the tragedies of new pesticide technologies is that the corporate imperative to maximize sales leads to a faster turning of the pesticide treadmill.

African community leaders tell Congress: Stop funding African Green Revolution

The following article was originally published by Food Tank on May 4, 2022. 

Nanotechnology-enabled genetically engineered RNA interference pesticides: Socioeconomic context, modes of action and risks

Watch a recording of a presentation delivered by IATP's Dr. Steve Suppan above titled "Nano-enabled RNAi based pesticides: Modes of Action, risks and regulation."

First-in-nation "forever chemical” policies become law in Maine

MINNEAPOLIS—In Maine, a coalition of farmers and farm groups, including the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, public health advocates and state legislators worked to enact groundbreaking legislation to stop toxic Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) contamination of farms, food and water.