Publication archives

Aug 17, 2017

NAFTA Renegotiation: What is NAFTA?

by
Ben Lilliston
This blog is part of a series exploring NAFTA and agriculture. The series is based on the larger paper: NAFTA Renegotiation: What’s at stake for farmers, food and the land?  
Corn pile
Aug 15, 2017

What’s at stake for farmers, food and the land in a new NAFTA

by
Ben Lilliston
The re-negotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) between the U.S., Mexico and Canada begins tomorrow and there is much at stake for farmers and rural communities in all three countries. Despite promised gains for farmers, NAFTA’s benefits over the last 23 years have gone primarily to multinational agribusiness firms. NAFTA is about much more than trade.
Corn pile
Aug 15, 2017

NAFTA Renegotiation: What's at stake for food, farmers and the land?

by
Ben Lilliston
Download the print copy here.
Aug 13, 2017

Trump's racist agenda is not fair trade

by
Juliette Majot
The racist and bigoted policies, statements, posture, and transparent intentions of the President of the United States Donald Trump are fueling the white supremacy movement. His racism and bigotry can and should be seen as building the conditions for the murder of one and deaths of three people in total last night in Charlottesville, Virginia.  
image of water
Aug 7, 2017

California's cap-and-trade extension puts industry ahead of environmental justice

by
Tara Ritter
Last week, California governor Jerry Brown signed legislation to extend California’s cap-and-trade program to 2030 rather than letting it expire in 2020.
wind turbines
Jul 25, 2017

Trump's action plan with China puts global agribusiness first

by
Ben Lilliston
Politicians and headline writers often tout new trade announcements as big wins for U.S. farmers and ranchers. Almost never do they declare plainly, and more accurately: this deal is a big win for global agribusiness! Conflating the interests of global agribusiness operating in multiple countries and U.S. farmers’ is a misleading spin that serves corporate interests over the rest of us.
Jul 13, 2017

The biotech trade empire strikes back—at USDA!

by
Dr. Steve Suppan
The American Farm Bureau organized letter on proposed new rules regulating genetically engineered (GE) crops is short, just two pages, with three pages of agribusiness signatories, 103 organizations.
Jul 13, 2017

Comment on Importation, Interstate Movement, and Environmental Release of Certain Genetically Engineered Organisms

by
Dr. Steve Suppan
U.S. Department of Agriculture  June 19, 2017 Regulatory Analysis and Development, PPD APHIS Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MN 20737-1238 Proposed Rule: Importation, Interstate Movement, and Environmental Release of Certain Genetically Engineered Organisms (Docket No. APHIS–2015–0057)1 (“Proposed Rule”)