| IATP

The Hidden Cost (or Tax) of Food Dialogues®

In the current media environment, there’s a lot of seemingly contradictory information about the “right” way to grow and eat food. Setting out to address these tensions in a public forum, the Food Dialogues® came to Minneapolis this summer.

A Tale of Two Food Prizes

This is part of a blog series around the 2015 U.S. Food Sovereignty Prize, which will be presented in Des Moines on October 14, 2015. The Food Sovereignty Prize is awarded by the US Food Sovereignty Alliance, which IATP is a member organization.

Livestreaming of the 2015 U.S. Food Sovereignty Prize

October 14th, 2015

2015 U.S. Food Sovereignty Prize, which will be presented in Des Moines on October 14, 2015 at 7:00 PM CST. The Food Sovereignty Prize is awarded by the US Food Sovereignty Alliance, which IATP is a member organization. View the awards ceremony on a livestream. The US Food Sovereignty Alliance works to end poverty, rebuild local food economies, and assert democratic control over the food system. We believe all people have the right to healthy, culturally appropriate food, produced in an ecologically sound manner. As a US-based alliance of food justice, anti-hunger, labor, environm

"Our Lands Are Critical to Our Lives": Afro-Indigenous Hondurans Defend Land and Food Sovereignty

Alfredo's Story: Human Rights Defender Despite Imprisonment

Defending Afro-Indigenous Land: Black Fraternal Organization of Honduras Wins 2015 U.S. Food Sovereignty Prize

States’ leadership on healthy food and farming at risk under proposed trade deals

Consumer interest in healthy eating, organic food and supporting sustainable local food systems has never been higher. Consumers want labels to and expect that labels will identify where their food is from, how it was produced and what is in it.

TTIP: Why the World Should Beware

The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), which is currently being negotiated between the EU and the U.S., will affect the whole world. Many regions of the world including Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) and the Global South are being excluded from the trade negotiations and hardly get attention in the debates around TTIP.

Food Import Re-Inspection and the “High Standards” of 21st Century Trade Agreements

Minneapolis, October 6, 2015 — Proponents of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) agreements often refer to the “high standards” that are reportedly contained in the draft negotiating texts.1 There is no way to verify U.S.