Publication archives

Jan 11, 2024

What is the Conservation Title of the Farm Bill?

by
Michael Happ
From conserving vast prairie and wetland reserves to helping urban farmers get access to hoop houses, the Conservation Title of the Farm Bill has many implications for Minnesotans, whether they live on a farm or not.
Cover Crops in North Dakota
Jan 10, 2024

Genetically modified corn tribunal raises concerns with first decisions

This article was originally published by Food Tank. A version of this article appears in Spanish on Pie de Página.
Maize in Mexico
Jan 10, 2024

EU institutions at risk of strengthening the net-zero smokescreen in carbon removal debate

by
Sophie Scherger
European Union (EU) is on its way to pass a first-of-its kind carbon removal legislation.
Pollution
Jan 4, 2024

IATP comment to the U.S. Department of Forest Service on CCS special use exemption

by
Ben Lilliston
The following comment was submitted to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service on December 14, 2023 regarding the CCS special use exemption (RIN 0596–AD550.
Dec 22, 2023

Now we see it: First thoughts on FAO’s Roadmap for food security within a 1.5°C climate ceiling

by
Sophia Murphy
As we anticipated in our comment a few weeks back, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) dropped its report, Achieving SDG2 With
Industrial Livestock at a Crossroads
Dec 21, 2023

Struggles for seed sovereignty around the world

by
Shiney Varghese
As part of the remarkable recent conference held in Oaxaca, Mexico on Food Self-Sufficiency and Agroecological Transition in a Multipolar World, IATP organized an event with partners from Africa, Southeast Asia and Mexico focusing on a key aspect of agroecological transitions: farmers’ rights over their seed systems.
A diverse array of maize seeds on display in Oaxaca, Mexico. Photo by Michael Farrelly.
Dec 13, 2023

Rethinking food systems in Southeast Asia: The need for a radical transformation from ultra-processed foods

by
Shiney Varghese
This article is the 12th in a series highlighting the work of our colleagues around the world to build agroecological practices, science and movements. Agroecology has emerged as a set of practices based on principles
Rows of junk food in a convenience store in the Philippines
Dec 8, 2023

The clock is ticking: climate change and voluntary carbon markets

by
Dr. Steve Suppan
In January 2023, the Science and Security Board of the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists moved the arms of the Doomsday Clock to 90 seconds to midnight, the closest to Doomsday since the clock was started in 1947.
Doomsday clock is ticking on climate change