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Oct 2, 2017

Farm to School Month Highlights Benefits to Farmers, Kids, and Communities

Farmers in Minnesota, and across the country, are facing another year of global prices so low they don’t cover the cost of production. Increasingly, Minnesota farmers are turning to local markets and supply chains that offer more stable income, boost the local economy, and provide healthier food to our communities.

Sep 22, 2017

IATP’s Shiney Varghese will add a voice from Minnesota to the United Nations

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 09/22/2017 Contact: Josh Wise, 952-818-5474, jwise@iatp.org

Aug 31, 2017

Sped-up NAFTA renegotiation, using TPP blueprint, draws condemnation across borders

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 31, 2017 Contact: Josh Wise, 952-818-5474, jwise@iatp.org;

Aug 15, 2017

Family farm groups from three countries slam NAFTA reboot based on TPP

Contacts: Josh Wise, 952-818-5474, jwise@iatp.org Quinton Robinson, 703-975-4466, quintonnrobinson@nffc.net Jan Slomp, 403-704-4364, marian.jan@gmail.com

Jul 17, 2017

NAFTA renegotiation objectives fall short for farmers and the planet

The release of the Trump administration’s objectives for renegotiating NAFTA confirm the suspicions of fair trade advocates that President Trump would break his promise to create trade deals that are in the public interest. The negotiating objectives, which failed to incorporate input from civil society organizations despite detailed and extensive proposals, continue the administration’s trend of putting multinational corporations’ narrow interests first by using the same blueprint that shaped the failed Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). Candidate Trump railed against the TPP: Trump negotiators plan to incorporate TPP text into NAFTA 2.0.

Jun 29, 2017

States Urged to Lead on Climate Action and Avoid Carbon Markets

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 29, 2017 Contact: Tara Ritter,  tritter@iatp.org, 612-870-3424   IATP Report: States Urged to Lead on Climate Action and Avoid Carbon Markets

IATP in the News

UN sets out roadmap to end world hunger amid climate crisis, The Grocer
Cop28: UN targets agri-food industry with new climate recommendations, Irish Times
Big meat and dairy lobbyists turn out in record numbers at Cop28, The Guardian
MDA Awards 2023 USDA Specialty Crop Block Grants, Morning Ag Clips
RIPE leaders applaud USDA conservation list expansion, Farm Progress
$1.2 million USDA grants boost Minnesota specialty crops, Minnesota Ag Connection
MDA Awards 2023 USDA Specialty Crop Block Grants, Agriculture Industry Today
Mapped: Big Ag’s Routes to Influence at COP28, DeSmog
How a delayed farm bill would affect the agriculture sector, Marketplace
EU offers more cash to fertilizer makers over fears of new energy crunch, Politico
Daybreak Oct. 26: Stabenow: $4-5B available for new farm bill, Agri Pulse
Carbon trading for farmers is back on the table, Politico
As new farm bill gets drafted, some hope for changes to support sustainable farming, MPR Climate Cast
‘Rome’s burning’: Small farmers complain Biden administration is fiddling as they vanish, Politico
Grilling the world’s biggest meat producer, New York Times
The EPA Rejected Calls for Tougher Water Pollution Regulations at US Factory Farms – Now, It’s Being Sued, Green Queen
13 Groups Sue EPA Over Factory Farm Water Pollution, Common Dreams
Environmental groups sue EPA over water pollution from large livestock farms, Star Tribune
Meatpacker JBS Listing in NYC Would Be an ESG Nightmare, Bloomberg
IATP’s Wise: Mexico set for ‘public airing of the science’ on GE corn, Inside U.S. Trade
The farm bill expires in a month, and Congress still needs to decide what it will cost, NPR