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Ag swaps: A tiny boat on the vast financial data sea

Agricultural prices, both national and international, are affected by commodity and financial market rules. Export revenues and import costs depend on the value of the dollar, the dominant international currency for commodity trading, relative to the value of other currencies.

Scarcity of micronutrients in soil, feed, food and mineral reserves

Mineral scarcity poses global risk for agriculture and public health

Digging your farmer during Farm to School Month

September is Farm to School Month in Minnesota, so treat yourself to some delectable locally grown foods and thank your farmer. In 2011, Governor Dayton officially proclaimed September to be Farm to School Month and this year, more schools than ever are participating.

Food + Justice = Democracy

September 24th - September 26th, 2012

Get ready to change the story. Food + Justice = Democracy is a national meeting like no other. Led by a national steering committee of food justice activists, the agenda elevates the food stories of communities of color and tribal nations. With this grounding, participants will co-create a national food justice platform to push our government and our political leaders to prioritize a fair, just and healthy food system. Think you know the whole story? Think again. For most people in the U.S., our knowledge of the food system comes from supermarkets and corporate advertising campaig

A Climate-smart Idea?

This piece is a summary of a longer, more in-depth piece by Doreen Stabinsky entitled Soil Carbon and the Offset Market: Practices, Players and Politics

Sign-on letter supporting strong Rural Development Title

After the flood: A beginning farmer on the front lines of extreme weather

In mid-June, beginning farmer and former IATP staff member Dayna Burtness was delivering her farm’s vegetables to clients in Minneapolis when she got the call: the rain that had started at mid-day had not let up for hours.  Things were looking bad back at Laughing Loon Farm.

The drought and public health-What are the connections?

You’ve surely heard about the worst drought in a generation that is devastating farmers throughout the Midwest and Great Plains. Many of us may have brown lawns and suffering gardens, but besides these inconveniences, how does the drought impact the rest of us who are not farming? Here’s a brief rundown.

Proposed Interpretive Guidance and Policy Statement ("Guidance"): Cross-Border Application of Certain Swaps Provisions of the Commodity Exchange Act

Letter to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Secretary Mr. David Stawick on the Proposed Interpretive Guidance and Policy Statement ("Guidance"): Cross-Border Application of Certain Swaps Provisions of the Commodity Exchange Act(RIN 3038-AD57).

Malik Yakini: What is food justice?

One of the most exciting things about the upcoming Food + Justice = Democracy conference will be the incorporation of a Peoples Movement Assembly.