Publication archives

Feb 20, 2013

Land Grabs and Fragile Food Systems

by
Sophia Murphy
Executive Summary
Feb 20, 2013

Finding a balance: A farmer’s role in climate change

by
Andrew Ranallo
How can we balance the environmental impacts of farming with our need to continue producing food?
Feb 19, 2013

Building stability through biodiversity: Facing climate change with Martin and Loretta Jaus

by
Andrew Ranallo
“I think we came in April and it was within a month or two when all the ground was still bare and black and we had one of those two- or three-day blows and I had drifts of soil on my window sills and I'm thinking ‘Hmmm this isn't good.’ That was probably what sparked us to start making some of the changes we did.”
Feb 18, 2013

Be our Valentine and learn about global land grabs at IATP

by
Jim Harkness
Alexandra Spieldoch
Global Land Grabs on Valentine's Day at IATP! That's right. We want you to be our Valentine on February 14! We'll be discussing global land grabs and food sovereignty.
Feb 18, 2013

Climate change meets resilience: Real farmers solving real climate problems with sustainable solutions

by
Andrew Ranallo
Update: All five videos are now available at the following links: 
Feb 13, 2013

The tip of the food justice iceberg

by
Jim Harkness
In last night’s State of the Union address, President Obama called for the federal minimum wage to be raised to $9 an hour and linked hereafter to the cost of living, so that it will rise along with inflation.
Feb 13, 2013

State of the Union: Green energy and rural

by
Jim Kleinschmit
Rural resistance has helped slow the development of renewable energy. It doesn't have to be that way. For the President's green-energy plans to succeed, he needs to reach out to the rural leaders who are ready to act on climate change.
Feb 12, 2013

EU takes a crucial step toward market regulation

by
Dr. Steve Suppan
After the disastrous financial collapse in 2008, the commodity  and  financial market regulatory reform process on both sides of the Atlantic has been a series of promising but halting steps, all too often two steps forward and one step back.