Agricultural Technology

The food industry has consistently developed new food technologies that pose risks to health and the environment. In many cases government regulatory systems are struggling to keep up or are simply not equipped to adequately assess the risks of these new technologies. From genetically modified foods, to nanotechnology, to irradiation, IATP has long advocated to ensure strong regulations for new food technologies that protect farmers and rural communities, food system workers, public health, and the environment.

Testimony on LD 129 and LD 164 on establishing a PFAS drinking water standard

To download the full testimony in support of LD 164, “An Act to Establish Maximum Contaminant Levels under the State’s Drinking Water Rules for Certain Perflouroalkyl and Polyflouroalkyl Substances” and neither for nor against LD 129, “Resolve, To Protect Consumers of Public Drinking Water by Establishing Maximum Contaminant Levels for Certain Substances and Contaminants," please

Five questions for Vilsack: What will be different in return to USDA?

When Tom Vilsack began his first term as agriculture secretary in 2009, IATP lifted up a series of challenges and opportunities for the department, urging him to follow in the path of another Iowan at USDA, Henry Wallace. We wrote: “the central challenges once again are markets run amok and the unsustainable farming practices they promote.” We pointed out “the real winners in the system are a tiny handful of agribusiness companies, who profit from the boom bust cycle and whose anti-competitive control of the market hurts farmers an
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