Publication archives

Jan 28, 2013

Deutsche Bank and the fine art of self-exoneration

by
Dr. Steve Suppan
On January 19, Deutsche Bank (DB) issued “Questions and Answers on investments in agricultural commodities”.  The DB stated that after an internal examination, it was resuming investments in agricultural derivatives contracts that it had suspended since March 2011.
Jan 24, 2013

Corporate Land Grabs Reveal a Hidden Agenda: Controlling Water

by
Shiney Varghese
The food crisis and recent droughts have confirmed that controlling the source of food - the land and the water that flows under or by it - are equally or even more important.
Jan 19, 2013

Water Grabbing to Follow Food Speculation?

by
Shiney Varghese
Jan 18, 2013

The global water grab

by
Shiney Varghese
Writing in National Geographic in December 2012 about “small-scale irrigation techniques with simple buckets, affordable pumps, drip lines, and other equipment” that “are enabling farm families to weather dry seasons, raise yields, diversify their crops, and l
Jan 17, 2013

Rural climate confab leads to new network

by
Jim Kleinschmit
Last week, IATP, in partnership with Sustainable Northwest and the National Rural Assembly, hosted the kick-off meeting in Minneapolis for a new initiative: the Rural Climate Network, designed to support rural action and education around climate change.
Jan 15, 2013

WEBINAR: The A to Z on Atrazine: Sex hormones and America's most popular pesticide

Despite being banned in Europe due to health risks, atrazine, a hormone-disrupting herbicide, is one of the world's most largely used pesticides—hundreds of millions of pounds per year. It can be found in our lakes, streams, rain, and drinking water, at levels that make a difference to human health.
Webinar: The A to Z on Atrazine: Sex hormones and America’s most popular pesticide
Jan 15, 2013

IATP’s Food and Community Fellows project to end in April

by
Jim Harkness
Dear Friends, The Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy will be ending the IATP Food and Community Fellows program at the conclusion of the current two-year class of fellows’ term in April 2013.
Jan 9, 2013

Farm Bill free fall

by
Ben Lilliston
Just when you thought Congress couldn’t screw up the Farm Bill any worse, they surprise us all.
Farm Bill free fall