Publication archives

Jun 13, 2011

Join the Healthy Legacy coalition at the Toxie Awards on June 16

by
Ben Lilliston
Toxic chemicals are about to get the recognition they deserve.
Jun 10, 2011

Fueling Resistance: Rx for Trouble

Jun 9, 2011

More evidence on speculators and food prices

by
Ben Lilliston
The G-20 agriculture ministers will
Jun 9, 2011

Looking forward, looking back: story and potential of food

Among the varied insightful voices at the TEDxTC event Monday night in St.
Jun 8, 2011

Major contributor of arsenic in animal feed halts practice

Jun 7, 2011

Food, Hormones and Patient Health

Exposure to environmental hormones, called “hormone or endocrine disruptors,” is contributing increasingly to chronic conditions like cancer, diabetes and infertility that manifest throughout our patients’ lives. Patients are exposed to hormone disruptors in large part via a contaminated food chain.
Jun 4, 2011

Agroecology comes to Capitol Hill

by
Karen Hansen-Kuhn
Staff from congressional offices, development agencies and family farm organizations jammed into a crowded briefing room on Capitol Hill on Thursday to hear more about new approaches to food security that help farmers feed their communities while working with nature. The briefing was sponsored by IATP and the Interfait
Jun 2, 2011

Grower Perspectives on Farm to School in Minnesota

As part of our work on Farm to School, the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) conducted an electronic survey of growers interested in Farm to School in Spring 2011. The survey was designed to assess growers’ perceptions of Farm to School, interest levels, challenges, aspirations and strategies that could enable growers to benefit more fully from this growing market.