Publication archives

Oct 11, 2011

The 1 percent’s trade deals

by
Ben Lilliston
This week, the House of Representatives will consider three pending U.S. free trade deals with South Korea, Colombia and Panama. The push to further deregulate trade seems to be one of the few things that President Obama and Congressional Republicans can agree on. And it represents, in stark detail, why so many around the country are protesting excess corporate power in Washington.
Oct 10, 2011

Soil carbon mirage debated in Panama

by
Karen Hansen-Kuhn
 IATP’s Karen Hansen-Kuhn was in Panama City last week for negotiations on the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
Oct 7, 2011

New industrial ag restrictions in China raise questions

by
Jim Harkness
It has been a frustrating week for me, trying to track down Chinese friends during the long National Day holiday to learn more about two recent media reports about new government restrictions on industrial agriculture there.
Oct 6, 2011

School Food Revolution?

by
JoAnne Berkenkamp
JoAnne Berkenkamp of the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP), along with Toni Liquori and Laura Stanley from School Food FOCUS, will provide a snapshot of the work that's already underway, including a case study from Chicago, and discuss what lies ahead in the quest to improve school food and children's health.
Oct 3, 2011

The 2050 challenge to our global food system

Feeding 9 billion people by 2050 will be an enormous challenge. In many circles when people talk about feeding the world in 2050, the focus is almost exclusively on increasing food production. How can we do what we’re already doing better?
Sep 30, 2011

What does the occupation of Wall Street have to do with agriculture?

by
Ben Lilliston
Now two weeks in, the occupation of Wall Street originated from a July call to action by Adbusters to draw a line in the sand on the growing corporate control of our democracy and government—and in particular, Wall Street’s influence.  
Sep 27, 2011

WEBINAR: Food justice or junk food?

Will more supermarkets equal more access to healthy food in underserved communities? Recently first lady Michelle Obama announced a partnership with Wal-Mart, Supervalu and Walgreens to combat the issue of food access in communities called food deserts—usually in urban communities and characterized by a lack of access to healthy food options and an over-abundance of fast food.
Sep 26, 2011

Women and the right to food

by
Sophia Murphy
In mid-September, I had the pleasure to attend a two-day consultation run by the Center for Women's Global Leadership (CWGL), housed at Rutgers University (which, by the way, I was told boasts a freshman year this year that includes no less than 46 percent first generation university students. Kudos!).