Agriculture

Trade, Agriculture and Climate Change

As the world's nations consider strategies to tackle climate change, little attention has been given to the intersection of energy intensive industrial agriculture and global distribution systems combined with trade agreements.

Impacts of Agriculture on Water Quantity in the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin

Growing water uses in the basin, combined with climate change, population growth, land use and other changes, will lead to a combination of decreasing water availability and placing an ever increasing value on fresh water. This report outlines a research agenda for agriculture, trade and water quantity management in the Great Lakes-St.

Muddied Waters on Mississippi River Project

Ol Man River just keeps rollin along, but around this magnificent resource swirls much controversy. The waters of the Mississippi River may be muddy, but the politics are just as murky.

Oceans Commission Hears About Reducing Nitrogen Levels - September 23, 2002

Dr. Dennis Keeney, Senior Fellow at the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, will testify before the U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy at a hearing held in Chicago on September 24, 2002.

Impacts of Agriculture on Water Quantity in the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin

A research agenda for assessing water quantity issues for the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River basin system

Myth: The current midwest crop system is economically sustainable

Fact sheet addressing the myth that the current midwest crop system is economically sustainable

Myth: The current midwest crop system is economically sustainable

Fact sheet addressing the myth that the current midwest crop system is economically sustainable

Antimicrobial Use in Animal Feed: An Ecological and Public Health Problem

Antibiotics arguably constitute one of the most important medical discoveries of the last century. Unfortunately, many antibiotics now are rapidly losing effectiveness as bacteria increasingly acquire resistance to multiple medicines. Routine feeding of antibiotics to animals raised for food promotes overuse and is one of the key drivers contributing to antibiotic resistance.

Getting the Dirt on What's in Your Fertilizer

Because hazardous waste is legally “recycled” as fertilizer and spread on farmland and sold in garden centers to unsuspecting home gardeners, IATP published this factsheet explaining what soil testing is, what the labels reveal and the issue with dioxins and heavy metals in fertilizer.