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World’s largest meat company, JBS, increases emissions in five years despite 2040 net zero climate target, continues to greenwash its huge climate footprint

The great climate greenwash: Global meat giant JBS’ emissions leap by 51% in five years

Q&A: The SEC’s proposed rule on the disclosure of climate-related financial risk

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) released a proposed rule on mandatory corporate disclosure of climate-related financial risks in March 2022. The proposed rule will require all publicly traded companies, including major food and agriculture corporations, to disclose their annual climate emissions and other information relevant to investors.

Lessons from Maine: Food, Farms and Forever Chemicals — Understanding and Addressing the Harmful Legacy and Ongoing Challenge of PFAS and Agriculture

May 18th, 2022

Join us for a free webinar on May 18 at 1-2:45 p.m. EDT/12 p.m. CDT/10 a.m. PDT. Watch a recording of the webinar here.

Millions in federal conservation program money in the Midwest go toward large farms, practices that make the environment worse

A new report from the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) finds that in 2020, in the 12 Midwest states, over $56 million in federal conservation dollars were spent on industrial agricultural practices.

Payments for Pollution: How federal conservation programs can better benefit farmers and the environment

Comments on the proposed trade pillar of an Indo-Pacific Economic Framework

To read the full letter to USTR Katherine Tai submitted on April 11, 2022, please download a PDF of the letter. 

Advancing interconnected solutions to the food, energy and finance crises

The governing body of the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) met in Rome on April 8, 2022 in an Extraordinary Session

Conservation Reserve Program food price letter to USDA

Appetite For Change, Ashtabula, Geauga, Lake Counties Farmers Union (Ohio), Climate Land Leaders - Sharing Our Roots, Compañeras Campesinas, Defenders of Wildlife, Earthjustice, Environmental Working Group, Family Farm Defenders, Farm Aid, Farmworker Association of Florida, Food Insight Group, Georgia Organics, Illinois Stewardship Alliance, Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement, Land Stewardship Project, League of Conservation Voters, Missouri Coalition for the Environment, MOSES - Midwest Organic and Sustainable Education Service, National Center for Appropriate Technology, National Family Farm Coalition, National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition, National Wildlife Federation, National Young Farmers Coalition, Natural Resources Defense Council, Nebraska Wildlife Federation, Nourish Colorado, Rural Coalition, Rural Vermont, Union of Concerned Scientists

April 1st, 2022

Agriculture

Farm Bill

To read the full letter to USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack delivered on March 31, 2022, please download a PDF of the letter.  Dear Mr. Secretary,

La transición de la agrobiotecnología a la agroecología en México y los retos de la política comercial de EEUU (español)

A replay of the webinar in English is available here.