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EU-US trade deal: A bumper crop for "big food"?

The drive for "regulatory coherence" in the transatlantic trade talks risks pushing food and farming standards down in the U.S. and EU.

Pete Huff

Director of Food Systems

Pete Huff was the director of food systems at IATP.

Sustainable, equitable and viable food systems: Civil society messages for the International Year of Family Farming and beyond

Wednesday 9th October, 12:30–2:00 p.m., at the 40th Session of the FAO Committee on World Food Security, FAO Headquarters, Rome

Help us find IATP's next president

Dear Friends, As you may have heard, Jim Harkness intends to step down as president of IATP at the end of this year, to work fulltime on China. I am writing to ask your help in finding IATP’s next leader. But first, I want to say something about Jim.

Sign-on letter in support of pollinator protection

A review of The Localization Reader

IATP's new Director of Agriculture Policy, Dr. M.

Big win to eliminate toxic arsenic in meat

In a major win for public health, the FDA reported yesterday that it would withdraw approval of three of the four arsenicals in animal feed for poultry and hog production.

FDA to withdraw approvals of arsenic in animal feed

October 1st, 2013, Washington, DC —Late yesterday, under threat of a lawsuit, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) responded to a nearly four-year-old petition, calling for the immediate withdrawal of the vast majority of arsenic-containing compoun

Science means having to say “I’m Sorry”

I’m sorry, but saying that the Green Revolution saved millions of lives is unscientific.

Agroecosystem study implies genetic modification neither helpful nor necessary for yield gains and sustainability

Wow. This seems likely to cause a long-term stir, and I’m quite sure vociferous critiques from many quarters (though likely mostly from the usual suspects).

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