Publication archives

Mar 3, 2010

Farms in the balance: Countering attacks against EPA on climate

Attacks on the EPA have been coming fast and furious in the past few months. In contrast to Congress’s limp attempts to pass comprehensive climate legislation, the EPA has begun taking steps to address climate change.
Mar 2, 2010

Chipotle's Ells Presents at Senate Briefing in Support of PAMTA

WASHINGTON, Mar 02, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- In a presentation made at a Senate briefing in support of the Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act (PAMTA), Chipotle Mexican Grill founder, chairman and co-CEO Steve Ells argued that restaurant companies can be successful while eschewing harsh agricultural practices, including the sub-therapeutic use of antibiotics in livestock farmin
Mar 2, 2010

Agricultural Policy and Childhood Obesity

The March, 2010, Vol. 29, No.3 issue of the influential Health Affairs journal comes out blazing with editor-in-chief Susan Dentzer writing that “America is guilty of child abuse.” The issue focuses on childhood obesity and includes a series of articles related to kid's snacks, school lunches, food marketing and strategies for prevention.
Mar 1, 2010

What's so radical about family farming?

In mid-February, the third Farmers' Forum was held just prior to the 33rd Governing Council meeting of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) in Rome. IFAD is a specialized agency of the UN that funds agriculture production projects in developing countries.
Mar 1, 2010

Finding the intersection of hope and action in Cuba

Mark Muller is the director of IATP's Food and Society Fellows program. See the full set of photos from the fellows' trip on their Facebook page.
Feb 28, 2010

Commodity Market Deregulation and Food Prices

 The 200 million person increase in global food insecurity since 2006 — over one billion according to UN Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) — did not result from global production failure or a shortage of supply.
Feb 28, 2010

Agriculture Sustainability

by
Dennis Keeney
A critical look at the what the term sustainable agriculture has come to mean since becoming popular in the 1970s. This article by Dennis Keeney appeared in Prairie Fire, March 2010.
Feb 28, 2010

Commodity Market Deregulation and Food Prices

The 200 million person increase in global food insecurity since 2006 — over one billion according to UN Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) — did not result from global production failure or a shortage of supply.