Publication archives

Oct 29, 2010

Air Pollution Control by Trees

Trees and other vegetation must use what is in their environment. So it is not surprising to find that they absorb pollutants (natural or man made) which may be absorbed successfully or may cause the vegetation to die.ENN
Oct 29, 2010

Climate change and agriculture: Are we getting to the heart of the matter?

by
Shefali Sharma
This Sunday, the Netherlands, several other governments, the World Bank and the FAO are hosting a major six-day conference on agriculture, food security and climate in the Hague. Those closely following the climate talks believe that this conference is an attempt to include agriculture much more centrally within the climate negotiations of the U.N.
Oct 27, 2010

KAW-UCS letter to FDA re: strategic plan

Keep Antibiotics Working (KAW) and Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) letter to FDA regarding its lack of including ABR as a strategic priority in its plan.
Oct 26, 2010

"Understanding the Farm Bill" on Facebook

What do farmers, public health professionals, food justice advocates, environmentalists, anti-poverty organizers and economic development authorities have in common? Probably an awful lot, but most pertinent at this time is the impact that the forthcoming Farm Bill will have on all of this work.
Oct 26, 2010

Health disparities and neighborhoods

The Twin Cities are lot like other parts of the U.S. when it comes to health.
Oct 22, 2010

Parent Earth: videos about food for families

How can we foster a world that nurtures healthy, thriving children?
Oct 21, 2010

UN Committee on Food Security concludes on positive note

by
Sophia Murphy
IATP's Sophia Murphy was in Rome last week for the Food and Agriculture's Committee on Food Security meeting. A version of this report also appeared on the Triple Crisis blog.
Oct 20, 2010

Draft AGF report offers clues on climate finance

We've posted an October 4 draft report of the U.N. High-level Advisory Group on Climate Change Financing (AGF). The AGF was set up by the U.N.