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Why we need agroecology, now

On Monday, the Carbon Underground, Rodale Institute and Organic Consumers Association held a press conference featuring leading scientists to explain why cutting emissions alone won’t solve climate change, and how nurturing healthier soil is an essential p

Recognizing food sovereignty

IATP, as a member of the U.S.

As Long as the Rivers Flow

On July 13, 1899, on the northwest shore of Lake Athabasca in Fort Chipewyan, our grandfathers entered into a Sharing Agreement with the Crown. This Agreement, known as Treaty 8, guaranteed the hunting, fishing and trapping rights of our peoples in support of sustaining our traditional livelihood, in return for our peoples promising to share the land and resources with the Crown.

Corporate-Smart Greenwash: Why we reject the Global Alliance on Climate-Smart Agriculture

Joint letter explaining why GACSA is unacceptable and will do nothing to mitigate climate damage. Climate-smart agriculture, promoted under GACSA, will only serve as a new promotional space for the planet's worst social and environmental offenders in agriculture.

People’s Climate March: The currency of movements

IATP's Tara Ritter is blogging from New York City as a participant of the People's Climate March.

Real solutions from agriculture at the People's Climate March

IATP’s Tara Ritter is blogging from New York City as she attends the NYC Climate Convergence and the People's Climate March. Saturday 9/20/2014

Babe’s new diet: Nanomaterials in animal feed

How much would you pay for a pork chop that was two percent leaner? Would you eat such a pork chop if nanoscale minerals were mixed into the hog feed to achieve that two percent reduction?

Scientists praise and challenge FAO on agroecology

UPDATE: Join these scientists and sign on to support a U.N.-wide agroecology effort.

Scientists’ Support Letter for the International Symposium on Agroecology, 18–19 September, 2014

As scientists and scholars working in sustainable agriculture and food systems, the undersigned praise the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) for organizing and convening the International Symposium on Agroecology for Food and Nutrition Security.

Building Farm to Institution Markets

December 21st, 2014

The ‘Building Farm to Institution Markets: MN Producer Survey’ has closed – thank you to all the producers who completed the survey! Read the full report: Building Minnesota’s Farm to Institution Markets You can view the preliminary results of the survey in our 2014 Farm to Institution Producer Survey Snapshot. A webinar and survey to help MN food producers grow. About the webinar For farmers, ranchers and producers currently selling to, or interested in selling to, schools, child care centers, hospitals or other institutions, this webinar provides an introduction to farm to inst