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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

Agriculture

Climate

Justice

Environment

Pesticides

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

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. 

The EU-Mercosur Agreement: Increasing Pesticide Use and GMOs, and Undermining Healthy Food Production and Standards

Download the PDF of the factsheet.

After Trump’s payouts are gone, what happens to farmers?

A farm economy awash in an unprecedented infusion of public dollars directed by the Trump administration could face a reckoning soon. Close to $40 billion in agriculture-related payments this year mask structural problems in a badly broken market that doesn’t pay most farmers enough to continue farming.

Revisiting Crisis by Design: Organic, agroecological and regenerative agriculture

Organic agriculture has grown substantially since its beginnings as an alternative movement, including by more than 50% in the last 15 years.

Organics in NAFTA: Who sets the standards?

The NAFTA talks are advancing rapidly with very little information available to the public on their content or the possible consequences for fair and sustainable food and farm systems. IATP is aiming to stay on top of the process, and our Senior Attorney, Sharon Treat, will be in Toronto this weekend for the third round of negotiations.

Mo’ benefits, mo’ productivity, less problems

New research shows that production from organic agriculture shapes up better against input-heavy conventional agriculture than previously thought; meanwhile, evidence for the benefits of agroecology continues to accumulate

Radio Sustain: February 08, 2011

Justice from farm to fork: A former Chipotle employee explains why the burrito chain is under fire for mistreatment of workers. Danny Schwartzman, owner of Common Roots Café in Minneapolis, describes how the restaurant makes sourcing local, fair trade and organic look easy.

Nanotech organic?

The idea that engineered nanomaterials (involving the manipulation of materials at the molecular level) would be allowed in certified organic food production seems ludicrous on its face. Allowing nanotechnology would seemingly destroy the credibility of the organic label with consumers.

Comment to the Federal Register on U.S. Federal Organic Agriculture Standards and Nanotechnology

IATP submitted this comment to the Federal Register on U.S. Federal Organic Agriculture Standards and Nanotechnology: The National Organic Standards Board Materials Committee Guidance Document—Engineered Nanomaterials in Organic Production, Processing and Packaging.