Agriculture

USDA COVID-19 relief: Big Ag bigger and family farms forced out?

Why is there $9.5 billion for livestock producers in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (CARES) signed by President Donald Trump on March 27?

Midwest Family Farm Groups Want Aid to Get to People, Not Global Agribusiness

Family farm based organizations in Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri and South Dakota sent a letter to Congress today calling for strong oversight of the recently passed COVID-19 aid package to ensure the U.S.

CFFE Letter to Congress on COVID-19 Response

Download the full letter here.    April 7, 2020 Dear Member of Congress,

IATP comment on the Zero Draft of the CFS Policy Recommendations on "Agroecological and other innovative approaches for sustainable food systems that ensure food security and nutrition"

To read the full letter, click to download.    To, Ambassador Mohammad Hossein Emadi, Chair, U.N. Committee on Food Security, Rome Dear Ambassador Mohammad Hossein Emadi:

Resilient food system responses to the emerging global food crisis

As the COVID-19 crisis brings the world to a standstill, and as many observers consider the possibility of an impending food crisis, IATP urged the U.N.

COVID-19 and US-China trade and investment

The so-called “phase one” agreement was signed on January 15 to mark a partial, temporary truce in the U.S.-China battle of retaliatory tariffs (taxes on imports). IATP doubted that the commitment to increase U.S.

Will COVID-19 stimulus reach all farmers?

The COVID-19 crisis is unsettling well beyond the immediate health threat. It is evolving day-to-day with an uncertain future, destabilizing the economy at large and pushing more farmers close to the edge.

COVID-19 Stimulus Package for the Food System

Download the document here. 

ARC2020 March newsletter: A European response to COVID-19

This article originally appeared in the ARC2020 newsletter and is republished with permission from the author Hannes Lorenzen.

Federal food assistance during the pandemic

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