Agriculture

Freedom to Farm vs. the Environment: The Ecological Implications

By Mark Ritchie. 1996.

NAFTA/WTO Conflict in Agricultural Trade

On July 14,1995, the U.S. Trade Representative's office (USTR) requested a dispute resolution panel to hear a complaint under Chapter 20 of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). At issue is whether NAFTA or the World Trade Organization (WTO) rules will pertain in trade disputes over protective measures.

Myth #7. NAFTA Will Improve Food Security by Enabling Countries to Import Food Cheaply on the World Market

Sterile Fields:The Impacts Of IPR's And Trade On Biodiversity And Food Security, November 1996

The cultivation of diversity has been incorporated as a high art by human cultures through millenia. With the know-how of generations of experience, farmers have learned to provide food crops well-adapted to local soils and water cycles.

Interview With Karen Lehman From La Jornada, Mexico City

NAFTA and the Great Lakes. A Preliminary Survey of Environmental Implications

IATP partnered with Great Lakes United and the Canadian Environmental Law Association to examine the environmental havoc NAFTA could cause on the Great Lakes. IATP wrote the chapter titled "Case Study 2: NAFTA's Impact on Agriculture in the Great Lakes Basin"

NAFTA, Mexican Agriculture Policy, and U.S. Employment

IATP Senior Fellow Karen Lehmn testifying on the impacts the proposed NAFTA would have on Mexican immigration.

NAFTA, Bovine TB and the U.S. Importation of Mexican Feeder Cattle

Trading Away the Environment

This paper was included as a chapter in the book "Toxic Struggles. The Theory and Practice of Environmental Justice", edited by Richard Hofrichter,

Impacts of NAFTA on Sustainable Agriculture

One of IATP's earliest analyses of NAFTA, predicting the devastating effects that NAFTA would have on people and the land.