Publication archives

Feb 12, 2013

Food crisis update: Main drivers of price volatility still not addressed

Last year international food markets suffered their third price spike in five years. The trigger was a terrible drought in the United States—a major agricultural producer and exporter. An unstable climate met low levels of international grain reserves, while U.S. ethanol gobbled up maize supplies.
Feb 8, 2013

Animal antibiotic use continues upwards, FDA keeps blinders on

With legislation in 2008, Congress for the first time asked the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to collect and report to the public the overall sales of antibiotics used in food animals. February 6 marked the release of a third year’s worth of data.
Feb 8, 2013

Five questions for Frederick Kaufman, author of Bet the Farm: How Food Stopped Being Food

by
Ben Lilliston
In 2010, journalist Frederick Kaufman wrote in Harper’s Magazine about how Wall Street speculators wreaked havoc with wheat markets and, in turn, helped drive the 2008-09 food price crisis.
Feb 7, 2013

Childcare: Fertile ground for healthy young eaters

by
JoAnne Berkenkamp
Erin McKee VanSlooten
When a four year old in our project was asked recently where carrots come from, he pretty well nailed it: “The ground, and farmers water them and pick them and give them to people and bunnies too, and stores.” We couldn’t have said it better ourselves. 
Childcare: Fertile ground for healthy young eaters
Feb 6, 2013

WEBINAR: Recent AAP Policy Statements on Organic Food and Pesticides

Intended Audience: Pediatricians, Physician Assistants, Nurse Practitioners, Nurses, Office Managers, Office Staff
Recent AAP Policy Statements on Organic Food and Pesticides
Feb 5, 2013

How to invest justly in small-scale agriculture

by
Shefali Sharma
As the Rome-based Committee on World Food Security begins preparing principles for “responsible agriculture investment” (RAI), its advisory body, the High-level Panel of Experts (HLPE), gets ready to revise its report on “Smallholder agriculture investment.” It is hoped that the RAI principles, if crafted with input from small-scale food produce
Feb 4, 2013

The end of the Farm Bill?

by
Jim Harkness
“There is absolutely no way to explain this other than agriculture is just not a priority,” said Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow on the Senate Floor on New Year’s Day.
Feb 4, 2013

Managing Small Urban Farmers Markets:

Overview While some Minneapolis neighborhoods enjoy a bountiful supply of healthy foods, others do not. Mini farmers markets help address this challenge by bringing fresh, locally grown foods into Minneapolis neighborhoods.