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.

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.

On Eve of Home & Garden Show, Local Ag Group Calls For Full Disclosure On Fertilizer Ingredients

As the Twin Minneapolis Home & Garden Show opens this week, a local sustainable agriculture organization is calling on fertilizer makers to disclose all of the ingredients in their products.

Farmers & Consumers Kept in the Dark As Toxic Metals Found in Minnesota Fertilizers

As "spring fever" takes hold and farmers and gardeners are preparing their soil for planting, many Minnesotans are unwittingly purchasing fertilizers made from industrial toxic waste.

Dialogue of the Deaf

This article by Shiney Varghese was published on October 4, 2002 by FIVAS/Foreningen for Internasjonale Vannstudier  

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.

Towards World Water Justice: Some Practical Steps Towards Equitable and Sustainable Water

Large sections of the civil society are opposed to the current paradigm propagated by the international water establishment. This paradigm, through its promotion of multinational led privatization and supply-oriented water management strategies in general, will further worsen the condition of water-poor peoples and of the ecosystem.

Water Note #3: A Fact Sheet on Water Privatization

Up until the 1990s, water and sewerage services in most countries were a state/public responsibility. It was only in the 1990s that multinational led water privatization increased along with infrastructure privatization in general in the developing world.

A Fertilizer That Contaminates

Ironite is one fertilizer that bills itself as a "natural soil supplement . . . popular choice for home, lawn and garden for 43 years. Nothing greens like Ironite. Will not burn." Ironite is made from a 60 acre pile of mine tailings located at a Superfund-nominate site. Testing by state agencies in Washington and Minnesota in 1998 and 1999 found dangerously high levels of arsenic and lead.

Farm Bill Outrage Goes Global

The WTO trade rules for agriculture and the U.S. Farm Bill share the same flawed vision for food production.