Publication archives

Jan 6, 2011

Are genes for disease a mirage?

Is chronic disease mostly a product of environment, and not genes, as we've been led to believe? That provocative question is the focus for a new report by The Bioscience Resource Project.
Dec 22, 2010

Hospitals support Minnesota farmers, purchase locally grown produce

Minneapolis, December 22, 2010 – Hospitals, as places of healing, have a natural incentive to provide food that’s healthy for people and the environment and to be models for healthy eating. A poor diet is a risk factor for four of the leading six causes of death nationally: heart disease, stroke, diabetes and cancer.
Dec 19, 2010

FDA trying voluntary restrictions on antibiotics

Washington, D.C. - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is trying to get pharmaceutical companies to voluntarily stop providing antibiotics to promote livestock growth. In a recent meeting with consumer advocates, the agency indicated it is negotiating with one company to remove growth promotion as a labeled use for one antibiotic.
Dec 16, 2010

Public Input for the Study Regarding the Oversight of Existing and Prospective Carbon Markets

Comment on issues to be considered by the interagency group in the CFTC carbon market study mandated by Section 750 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank Act).
Dec 16, 2010

More ideas for improving cereal markets in West Africa

by
Sophia Murphy
After my fascinating meeting last week on a West African food security reserve, my second meeting in Ghana was also about cereals.
Dec 15, 2010

A victory on mercury and HFCS

In my more desperate hours, I sometimes wonder whether raising my physician voice is enough to foster change, to make the food system healthier and more sustainable.
Dec 14, 2010

West Africa takes action on the food crisis

by
Sophia Murphy
While the world's governments gathered in Cancún, ultimately failing to reach a meaningful multilateral commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to help save the planet, I was across the Atlantic in a different tropical country: Ghana.
Dec 13, 2010

Shefali Sharma on disappointing conclusion to Cancún talks

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Shefali Sharma
IATP's Shefali Sharma reports on why the "agreement" reached in Cancún is less than representative of the countries and civil society groups that attended the negotiations but were kept from the table.