Publication archives

Jul 17, 2014

Growing Farm to Childcare

by
Erin McKee VanSlooten
Teaching children about food and where it comes from is an important part of many childcare programs, but many childcare facilities want to go a step further and build a Farm to Childcare program that connects local farmers with young children by providing fresh, healthy foods in childcare meals.
Growing Farm to Childcare
Jul 16, 2014

States get proactive on trade agreements: The Maine model

by
Karen Hansen-Kuhn
Trade agreements are negotiated in a top down process: negotiators cut secret deals and then push for approval. These trade deals set rules on investment by corporations and banks, and lowering standards and regulations to the “least trade restrictive” possible.
Jul 15, 2014

Farm to Childcare Curriculum Package

by
JoAnne Berkenkamp
Madeline Kastler
Inside this curriculum package, you will find activity ideas and resources for implementing Farm to Childcare at your  childcare center. Many of these resources are ready to use, while some are examples that offer opportunities for you to customize to your own context.
Jul 15, 2014

Farm to Childcare: Highlights and Lessons Learned

Introduction: About our Experience with Farm to Childcare
Jul 8, 2014

WEBINAR: TTIP and GMOs

by
Karen Hansen-Kuhn
On June 16, USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack cautioned European Union members against raising health or safety risks when banning the cultivation of genetically modified organisms (GMOs). The debate over GMOs is intensifying as agribusiness on both sides of the Atlantic attempt to weaken standards on genetically modified organisms and their labeling through a new trade agreement.
TTIP webinar series: TTIP and GMOs
Jun 27, 2014

UN Human Rights Council Takes on Corporations

by
Shefali Sharma
The UN’s Human Rights Council passed a historic resolution today for a binding International treaty to regulate human rights violations of transnational corporations.
Jun 27, 2014

Reforming for international financial stability vs. the TISA counter-reformation

by
Dr. Steve Suppan
On June 19, Wikileaks posted the April 2014 draft text of the financial services annex of the proposed Trade in Services Agreement (TISA). The Wikileaks posting shows governments, above all the U.S. and EU trade negotiators, in their traditional role of trying to open markets for the big banks and other financial firms.
Jun 23, 2014

Synthetically modified organisms aren’t “natural” at all

by
Dr. Steve Suppan
Synthetic biology is “Still in [the] Uncharted Waters of Public Opinion,” according to a recent focus group study by the Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars. That’s not surprising since the technology involved sounds like something out of science fiction.