Publication archives

Oct 12, 2010

Comment to the Federal Register on U.S. Federal Organic Agriculture Standards and Nanotechnology

IATP submitted this comment to the Federal Register on U.S. Federal Organic Agriculture Standards and Nanotechnology: The National Organic Standards Board Materials Committee Guidance Document—Engineered Nanomaterials in Organic Production, Processing and Packaging.
Oct 12, 2010

One Penny More: New video launches CIW supermarket campaign

IATP Food and Society Fellows Shalini Kantayya and Sean Sellers have collaborated on the latest campaign video for the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW).
Oct 12, 2010

Who benefits from volatility?

By nearly all accounts, agriculture prices worldwide have entered a new era of volatility. Earlier this year, wheat prices shot up an additional $3 a bushel over two months due in large part to concerns around a wheat export ban in Russia.
Oct 11, 2010

New 'superbugs' raising concerns worldwide

Urinary tract infections, pneumonia and other common ailments caused by germs that carry a new gene with the power to destroy antibiotics are intensifying fears of a fresh generation of so-called superbugs.
Oct 11, 2010

Farm to School carries promise, lessons

JoAnne Berkenkamp's new commentary—published last week on OtherWords—addresses the gap between the growing national initiatives to connect schools with healthy local foods, and the agriculture and education policies that have kept it from growing faster.
Oct 10, 2010

WTO Rules and Food Reserves

World Trade Organization (WTO) rules governing agriculture do not actually make the operation of a grain reserve impossible, but they do create uncertainties. It is time for governments to think again about the framework for agricultural trade rules. 1. Financing a Reserve
Oct 10, 2010

Food Reserves In Practice

Growing government interest and support for food reserves has been evident in various international forums of late. At the same time, policymakers have been slow to act, reluctant to move away from twenty or more years of economic orthodoxy that has insisted supply shocks are best resolved through international trade alone.
Oct 10, 2010

What Next on Food Reserves?

The public debate on food reserves is shifting from an ideological discussion about markets versus public action to one focusing on the technical, political and institutional feasibility of a system of food reserves.