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Climate, Livestock, Carbon & the Lobby #LivestockDebate

While the debate continues about holistic management and what “true cost” actually means for livestock production models and climate change, technocrats and governments are busy establishing standards for carbon intensity reduction in industrial animal agriculture.

Congress: Defending Wall Street in the Name of Defending Main Street, Again

In a February 4 speech at the Georgetown University Law School, Commissioner Sharon Bowen, of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), responded concisely to one of two questions she was asked to discuss: “Is Wall Street reformed?

The Brazilian-German Meat Connection: Feeding from Injustice

February 19th, 2016

Friday, 19 February, 2016 10:00 CET Forum Umwelt und Entwicklung, Marienstraße 19–20, 10117 Berlin Space is limited. Email Shefali Sharma to RSVP The Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) and Forum for Environment and Development invite you to a discussion about the global meat industry and its links to German retailers such as Metro, Lidl and Aldi. In particular, Andre Campos from Reporter Brasil will present groundbreaking research on the Brazilian meat production chain and injustices on workers, both in factories and on cattle ranches. Given their groundbreaking wor

Supreme Court decision on Clean Power Plan deals a blow to rural communities

On Tuesday, a Supreme Court decision temporarily halted implementation of the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan. The decision was prompted by a lawsuit from 29 states and state agencies challenging the EPA’s authority to impose the Clean Power Plan under the Clean Air Act.

TPP signing represents corporate wish list; farmers, consumers and the environment lose

Minneapolis/Washington D.C. – The controversial Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) was signed today in New Zealand, as opposition to the corporate-friendly deal continues to grow in the U.S. and other participating countries. The agreement now has to go to national legislatures for ratification.

Behind closed doors–the vulnerability of big meat production

This blog first appeared as a contribution to #Livestockdebate hosted by the European coalition ARC2020 (Agriculture and Rural Convention 2020). You can read contributions to the #Livestockdebate from other experts at the ARC2020 website.

Declaration and Program of Action of Parliamentarians and social movements in opposition to the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)

Declaration: Having gathered for the Dialogue of Parliamentarians and Social Movements opposed to the TPP, held in Mexico City on January 28th, 2016, we share some of the main reasons why we have adopted firm opposition and strong public action to prevent its subscription:

Building international alliances to bury the TPP

One reason the TPP is in such trouble, especially in the United States, is that we’ve heard this story before. Passing NAFTA, CAFTA or other free trade agreements was supposed to mean more and better jobs, improved farm incomes and increasing prosperity all around. But that’s not what happened.

New strain of avian flu strikes in Indiana

It didn’t take long to test USDA Secretary Vilsack’s prediction that the poultry industry is prepared for a new outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI).

Canadian energy company attacks U.S. right to set national energy policy

The ability of the United States to make its own decisions regarding how, where and why to build transcontinental oil pipelines has been challenged by TransCanada Corporation, which sued the U.S. yesterday for the loss of potential future profits associated with the cancellation of the Keystone XL pipeline. The move represents a threat to both U.S.