Publication archives

Jul 24, 2012

IATP comment to FDA regarding draft guidance for industry on nanotechnology in food and food-contact surfaces

by
Dr. Steve Suppan
IATP submitted this comment to the Office of Additive Safety, U.S.
Jul 20, 2012

WEBINAR: Black Men in the Food System: Roles and Opportunities, Rural to Urban

Join three dynamic IATP Food and Community Fellows, Malik Yakini of the Detroit Black Food Security Network, Haile Johnston from Common Market Philadelphia, and Kelvin Graddick, a young farmer who manages the West Georgia Farmers Cooperative, as they discuss the roles and opportunities for Black men in the food system both through a rural and urban lens.
Black Men in the Food System: Roles and Opportunities, Rural to Urban
Jul 19, 2012

Nanotech in food: Why public health needs a safeguard, now

by
Andrew Ranallo
It’s moving fast: The promised benefits of nanotechnology in food applications are astounding, almost unbelievable. For example, applying certain nanomaterials (simply put: materials manipulated at an atomic level) to conveyer belts in food production plants could prevent pathogen growth by keeping the belts clean and lowering the chance of contamination.
Jul 18, 2012

2012 Farm Bill: Congress abandons farmers for agribusiness

by
Ben Lilliston
There has been a lot of noise on the Farm Bill lately. Last month, the Senate approved its Farm Bill, and last week the House Agriculture Committee approved its own version.
2012 Farm Bill: Congress abandons farmers for agribusiness
Jul 17, 2012

IATP releases Grain Reserves and the Food Price Crisis

by
Sophia Murphy
With the U.S. government announcement last week that this year’s corn crop is expected to be much smaller due to an extended drought, agricultural commodity markets are yet again headed for high and unstable prices this summer.
Jul 16, 2012

Grain Reserves and the Food Price Crisis: Selected Writings from 2008-2012

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Jul 12, 2012

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While the food movement gains steam and several hundred good food advocates across the country gear up after the W.K. Kellogg Foundation’s annual Food and Community Gathering, it may be worth our while to stop for a moment and reflect.
Jul 11, 2012

WEBINAR: The Autism Revolution: Thinking about environment and food

Conditions affecting children's behavior and brain development, like autism and ADHD, are exploding in prevalence. The CDC estimates autism now is diagnosed in 1-in-88 children, a more than 70 percent increase over just six years. These increases leave many parents, and clinicians, with questions about what's causing autism and how we can work to prevent it.
The Autism Revolution: Thinking about environment and food