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Nanotech in food: Why public health needs a safeguard, now

It’s moving fast: The promised benefits of nanotechnology in food applications are astounding, almost unbelievable. For example, applying certain nanomaterials (simply put: materials manipulated at an atomic level) to conveyer belts in food production plants could prevent pathogen growth by keeping the belts clean and lowering the chance of contamination.

2012 Farm Bill: Congress abandons farmers for agribusiness

There has been a lot of noise on the Farm Bill lately. Last month, the Senate approved its Farm Bill, and last week the House Agriculture Committee approved its own version.

Comment in response to petition to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission for exemptive relief regarding “Aggregation, Position Limits for Futures and Swaps,”

IATP is grateful for the opportunity to share its views on questions posed by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission as it considers how to respond to the Commercial Energy Working Group (“Working Group”) petition for an exemption from the Part 151 rule regarding positions limits that requires aggregation of data on positions held in futures, options and swap contracts.

IATP releases Grain Reserves and the Food Price Crisis

With the U.S. government announcement last week that this year’s corn crop is expected to be much smaller due to an extended drought, agricultural commodity markets are yet again headed for high and unstable prices this summer.

Grain Reserves and the Food Price Crisis: Selected Writings from 2008-2012

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Comment in response to proposed Reestablishment of the charter of the Agricultural Advisory Committee (FR Doc No: 2012-16006)

David Stawick Secretary Commodity Futures Trading Commission Comment in response to proposed Reestablishment of the charter of the Agricultural Advisory Committee (FR Doc No: 2012-16006) Steve Suppan, ssuppan@iatp.org Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) July 13, 2012 Dear Mr. Stawick,

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While the food movement gains steam and several hundred good food advocates across the country gear up after the W.K. Kellogg Foundation’s annual Food and Community Gathering, it may be worth our while to stop for a moment and reflect.

WEBINAR: The Autism Revolution: Thinking about environment and food

Conditions affecting children's behavior and brain development, like autism and ADHD, are exploding in prevalence. The CDC estimates autism now is diagnosed in 1-in-88 children, a more than 70 percent increase over just six years. These increases leave many parents, and clinicians, with questions about what's causing autism and how we can work to prevent it.

Radio Sustain: Talking with Valerie Segrest about "place-based foods"

Today's episode of Radio Sustain features IATP Food and Community Fellow Valerie Segrest.

Radio Sustain: June 29, 2012

June 29, 2012 Valerie Segrest speaks about her work creating a culturally appropriate system of health through traditional foods and medicines, storytelling, and what she calls "place-based foods. She'll be speaking more about this at IATP's upcoming September conference Food + Justice = Democracy.