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India’s historic farmers strike scores a win against Modi government on its one-year anniversary

Updated on December 7, 2021

Will EPA’s forever chemical plan leave farmers behind?

IATP’s case study of Maine’s PFAS actions illustrates need for states to act promptly to protect farms, food and public health

Forever Chemicals and Agriculture Case Study

Introduction 

Methane agreement is a good first step, agriculture sidestepped

MINNEAPOLIS/BERLIN—Today, the United States and the European Union, along with more than 90 countries, announced a joint pledge to reduce methane emissions 30% by 2030.

US Farm, Food and Trade Justice Advocates Call on Biden Administration to Reorient Approach to Global Food and Agriculture Issues

United States and European Union methane pledge a positive first step, lacks serious consideration of industrial agriculture’s emissions

MINNEAPOLIS/BERLIN—Today, the United States and the European Union announced a joint pledge to reduce methane emissions 30% by 2030.

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

Time for US and EU to regulate factory farms’ greenhouse gas emissions

The largest hog and dairy operations in the U.S. are run more like factories than farms. They concentrate thousands of animals indoors and produce massive amounts of manure, which is often turned into liquid and sprayed on farm fields. This factory farm system is a major source of the potent greenhouse gas (GHG) methane. Yesterday, U.S.

New EPA emissions data should guide Biden on agriculture and climate

“We must listen to science — and act,” reads President Joe Biden’s January 27 Executive Order on climate change. For the farming sector, the latest greenhouse gas (GHG) inventory data from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) indicates that the U.S. needs to transition away from factory farm systems of meat and dairy production to reduce rising agriculture emissions.