Publication archives

Dec 16, 2013

Comment on the National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) draft Strategic Plan

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Dr. Steve Suppan
The Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP), a 501(c)(3) organization, is pleased to submit this comment. IATP participated in the NNI stakeholder workshop in June, including two breakout sessions on Environmental, Health and Safety (EHS) impacts.
Dec 13, 2013

The USDA plan for deregulating and privatizing meat and poultry inspection: A short history

Minneapolis, December 5, 2013 — In early November, the European Commission (EC) posted on its website a report evaluating Australian meat inspection. The upshot of the report will be to ban imports of Australian beef, pork and lamb because Australia allows companies producing meat products to also inspect them for safety.
Dec 12, 2013

Why is the U.S. Getting in the Way of International Efforts to Make Clean Water a Basic Human Right?

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Shiney Varghese
On November 21, 2013 the UN General Assembly’s Third Committee (The Committee) adopted a resolution on “The human right to safe drinking water and sanitation.” There, all UN member states agreed that the rights to water and sanitation are derived from the right to an adequate standard of living.
Dec 12, 2013

The tree of knowledge of good and evil

by
Dale Wiehoff
It’s common to make biblical references when we want to underscore how ancient something is, but in the case of apples, we know they’ve been around for a very long time. Originating in Central Asia, hybrid varieties propagated through grafting were well established over 6,000 years ago. Today there are over 7,500 cultivars world-wide.
Dec 12, 2013

Connecting Sustainable Farmers to Hospitals: Farmer-Focused Report

Executive Summary
Dec 12, 2013

Connecting Sustainable Farmers to Hospitals: Hospital-Focused Report

by
Anna Claussen
Executive Summary Key lessons learned The 1,493 community hospitals and VA hospitals/medical centers in the north central U.S.—Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio and Wisconsin—spend an estimated $718 million to 1.3 billion each year on food and beverages.
Dec 12, 2013

Growing Farm to Hospital

by
Anna Claussen
A growing number of hospitals are shifting the way they think about protecting and improving health, and taking a closer look at how and where the food they serve is grown.
Dec 11, 2013

Rights to water and sanitation now legally binding

by
Shiney Varghese
On November 21, the U.N. General Assembly’s Third Committee (The Committee) adopted a resolution on “The human right to safe drinking water and sanitation.” All U.N. member states agreed that the rights to water and sanitation are derived from the right to an adequate standard of living.