Publication archives

Aug 1, 2014

Inventing new (food) democracies

by
Dr. M. Jahi Chappell
Food democracy must start from the bottom-up, at the level of villages, regions, cities, and municipalities. – UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food Olivier De Schutter in March 2014
Jul 31, 2014

The view from Berlin: Will Germany block the Canadian-EU free trade pact over corporate investor rights?

by
Shefali Sharma
This past weekend, the Toronto Globe and Mail reported that Germany would reject the Canadian-EU Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) as it contains
Jul 25, 2014

Trade above all: the draft food safety chapter of TTIP

by
Dr. Steve Suppan
This piece reviews the recently leaked draft chapter of the U.S.-EU trade agreement and accompanying IATP analysis.
Jul 24, 2014

WEBINAR: TTIP and Antimicrobial Resistance

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Shefali Sharma
Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) is one of the greatest threats to public health. Margeret Chan, Director-General of the World Health Organization has warned, “A post-antibiotic era means, in effect, an end to modern medicine as we know it. Things as common as strep throat or a child’s scratched knee could once again kill.”
TTIP and Antimicrobial Resistance
Jul 22, 2014

Transatlantic dialogue between legislators on TTIP in the European Parliament

This post was written by ARC2020 and originally appeared July 21 at arc2020.eu.
Jul 17, 2014

A landowner’s guide to pollinator-friendly practices

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Andrew Ranallo
Last month, President Obama issued a memorandum to create a national strategy to promote pollinator health. The strategy includes creating a pollinator health task force and taking steps to increase and improve pollinator habitat.
Jul 17, 2014

Time for Walgreen’s to step up to the plate

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Pete Huff
This week, organizations and individuals around the country are coming together to tell Walgreen’s—the largest drug retailing company in the United States—to eliminate products containing toxic chemicals from their shelves.  Led by the Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families coalition (of which IATP is a part), the July 17 “Instagram Day of Action” i
Jul 17, 2014

A Farmer and Landowner Guide to Pollinators and Neonicotinoids

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Tara Ritter
Jim Kleinschmit
Pollinators are essential to the environment and our food supply. Nearly one out of every three mouthfuls of food we eat relies on a pollinator, and they have been shown to boost crop yield and quality, providing clear economic benefits to farmers. Most people know that bees are pollinators, but there are many others, including butterflies, moths, beetles, flies, bats and hummingbirds.