Publication archives

Mar 1, 2013

New report: Governments must protect land, food systems as trade liberalization accelerates land grabbing

by
Sophia Murphy
IATP has always argued that trade agreements need to respect and promote human rights, not drive a process of globalization that privileges commercial interests and tramples on public interests. In a new paper on land grabs, we reaffirm that position.
Feb 28, 2013

Change in the wind on food aid?

by
Karen Hansen-Kuhn
Washington D.C. is a gloomy place these days, with grey skies and a weirdly warm winter, the sour prospect of failure around the sequestration debate, and more cuts on the horizon. It’s possible, however, that on international food aid there just might be a silver lining to all that gloom.
Feb 26, 2013

35 groups band together to ask for more on antibiotics in animal agriculture

by
IATP
Yesterday, IATP joined 34 other groups in writing to the leadership of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions.
Feb 22, 2013

Resilience means taking the long view on climate change

by
Andrew Ranallo
In our final “Climate change, agriculture and resilience” video—the series we’ve been publishing all week in the lead up to the MOSES Organic Farming conference—it’s all about being different.
Feb 21, 2013

In a changing climate, farming’s a risky business

by
Andrew Ranallo
Farming is risky for anyone: volatile markets and unpredictable weather can make planning and execution from season to season a difficult prospect. Make that double with the extreme weather climate change is bringing. Sure, there is crop insurance in some cases, but what about farmers like Mike Brownfield?
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.”