Agriculture

Ten priorities for the Farm to Fork INI report

Arc 2020, Arche Noah, Biodynamic Federation Demeter, Client Earth, Coalition for Fair Fisheries Arrangements, Compassion in World Farming, ECVC, EEB, EHN, EPHA, Euro Coop, Eurogroup for Animals, Feedback, Friends of the Earth, Four Paws, Food and Water Action Europe, Greenpeace, Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, IFOAM Organics Europe, OSEPI, PAN Europe, SAFE, Slow Food Europe, Urgenci

May 3rd, 2021

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As the European Parliament is preparing its reaction (own-initiative report) to the EU Farm to Fork Strategy, civil society organisations in the areas of environment, consumers, food systems, animal welfare, health, consumer co-operatives, farming, fisheries, development, social justice, climate, and forestry have come together to set out 10 key priorities which they call on MEPs to endorse in their report

Monsanto challenges Mexico glyphosate ban: IATP defends Mexico's right to regulate in the public interest

Since the Mexican government published its much-awaited presidential decree on New Year's Eve to restrict the use of the herbicide glyphosate and genetically modified corn, IATP has actively worked to defend the government against threats from U.S. agribusiness using the revised North American Free Trade Agreement, the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA).

USDA Comment on the Executive Order on Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home

To read IATP's full comment to the USDA, please download a PDF of the comment. 

Reshaping supply management in the US: Looking North and South for inspiration

This article was originally published as part of the Disparity to Parity project, created by a group of farmers, activists, scholars, organizers, movement leaders and policy analysts united by a commitment to food, farm and land justice, resilience and wellbei

Agriculture’s role in President Biden’s climate pledge to the UN

On Earth Day, April 22, President Biden will update the United States’ climate pledge to the United Nations at the Leaders Summit on the Climate with some of the world’s largest polluting countries in virtual at

Another false start in Africa sold with Green Revolution myths

Originally published on IPS News on April 20, 2021. Read the Spanish translation here. 

Letter to Ambassador Tai and Secretary Vilsack on USMCA and Mexico

Download a PDF of the letter sent to U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai and U.S.

Opening a window in the “Cathedral of the Green Revolution”

The article below is the full interview with José Graziano da Silva.

WEBINAR: A Call to Address Climate Change: Food Producer Perspectives on the Path Forward

This webinar focused on grassroot concerns about carbon markets in agriculture. As the climate crisis increasingly impacts rural communities in the U.S., corporate capture of the climate agenda threatens to undermine efforts to hold polluters accountable and bolster resilience in rural communities.

Groups Urge Regulation of Genetically Engineered Animals Stay with FDA not USDA

Download a PDF of the press release.