Publication archives

Aug 12, 2015

WEBINAR: Farm to School Month Midwest Menu Webinar

by
Erin McKee VanSlooten
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Farm to School Month Midwest Menu Webinar
Aug 12, 2015

Renewable Energy: Why Emissions and the Economy Don’t Tell the Whole Story

by
Tara Ritter
Last week, President Obama announced the Clean Power Plan, the United States’ strongest climate policy to date. The plan aims to reduce coal-fired power plant emissions by allowing states to devise their own plans to reach federally-mandated emissions reduction targets.
Aug 5, 2015

Pollinators and the rigged neonic seed market

by
Ben Lilliston
Farmers are no different from any buyer – they want to know what they’re buying, how much it costs and its expected performance.
Aug 5, 2015

Unknown Benefits, Hidden Costs

There is a growing body of science directly implicating neonicotinoid (neonic) pesticides in the significant decline of bees and other pollinators.1 Neonicotinoids are applied in multiple ways in many parts of agriculture and horticulture, but are most prevalent as a seed coating material for agricultural commodity crops
Jul 29, 2015

Buying America: The Many Astounding Ways You Can Express Your Values with Your Pocket Book

“Every person ought to have the awareness that purchasing is always a moral – and not simply an economic – act,” Pope Francis announced early this year. How can we spend our money as if our values matter?
Jul 23, 2015

U.S. incoherence on human rights and trade

by
Dr. Steve Suppan
Trade agreements require that all domestic regulations undergo “trade impact” or cost-benefit analyses before implementation to demonstrate that they are “least trade restrictive” and “necessary” to protect public and environmental health, worker safety and other public interest objec
Jul 23, 2015

A rallying cry for a better trade system

“What is your chlorine chicken?” was the question, midway through our five-day, nonstop tour of seven European cities to talk about the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), the largest bilateral trade agreement in history, currently being negotiated between the United States and the European Union.
Jul 16, 2015

No Small Task: Generating Robust Nano Data

by
Dr. Steve Suppan
A slogan that summarizes NGO and European Union Parliament requirements for regulating products of nanotechnology is “No data, no market.” But what kind of data and for what kind of market?