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Political momentum on water raises red flags

On 21 September 2016 the United Nations (U.N.) newly convened High-level Panel on Water (HLPW), called for a fundamental shift in the way the world looks at water.

Celebrating National Farm to School Month

The Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) is celebrating because October is National Farm to School Month! For 30 years, IATP has been at the center of the local food movement, presenting an alternative vision to factory farming and industrial food. Nowhere is this work seen more profoundly than in our Farm to Institution Program.

Katie Costello

Community Food Systems Program Associate

Katie is the Community Food Systems Program Associate.

Autumn Open House

October 19th, 2016

Join us for our Autumn Open House on Wednesday, October 19, at our Minneapolis office located in the historic Crosby Mansion. Enjoy light appetizers and beverages as we engage in conversation in our historic home office. All are welcome, but space is limited. Please RSVP below today! Get an update on our work, talk with fellow supporters and staff hear from IATP Executive Director Juliette Majot. IATP’s continued work is possible because of your financial commitment and support—thank you for all you do. We look forward to seeing you on October 19th! Questions? Contact Jillia Pesse

Seeds of Corporate Power vs Farmers' Rights: We need to start tilting the field back in favor of farmers and the environment

This piece was originally published by Foreign Policy in Focus on September 27, 2016.

The debates: questions for the presidential candidates on trade and agriculture policy

The 2016 election is bizarre, to say the least. While the vast majority of reporting has focused on the horserace and he said she said aspects of the campaigns, the policy proposals put forward by the candidates will have profound and lasting impacts on the citizens they seek to govern.

Indicators as a tool for changing policy and practice

This piece originally published by Farming Matters on September 20, 2016 and republished under the Creative Commons license.

TPP and U.S. dairy policy: fewer farms and raw milk down the sewers

Regardless of their operation, do all farmers benefit when they sell their production to traders and processors who export crop- and livestock-derived products? According to a recent interview with Ambassador Darci Vetter, the chief U.S.

Raising Rural Voices on Climate Change

This blog overviews day 1 of the 2016 Rural Climate Dialogues State Convening.

The TPP's climate blindspot

Free trade deals, and in particular the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), have taken a beating this election season. Most of the noise on trade from Presidential candidates Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton has focused on the loss of jobs linked to the offshoring.