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Dec 21, 2017

Farm to Institution seeds grow in 2017

Erin McKee VanSlooten

Katie Costello

2017 has been a dynamic year for the Farm to Institution program at IATP! This was the second year we engaged with multiple Head Start program partners concurrently to implement our Farm to Head Start model, with a final cohort of four partner programs.

Dec 21, 2017

The end of the WTO as we know it? One can only hope.

Sophia Murphy

It was somehow fitting that the only rain to mar perfect late spring days of the 11th WTO Ministerial Conference in Buenos Aires last week fell as the meeting ended in failure. The purpose of a ministerial is to provide direction for the coming two years of trade negotiations; that is, to sign any agreements reached and to provide a working agenda for the biennium ahead.

Dec 19, 2017

Watching China’s food system

IATP

Jim Harkness

In early 2014, IATP released its first series of in-depth reports about the global meat industry. That series, the Global Meat Complex: The China Series, examined China’s path to becoming one of the biggest producers of pork, poultry and dairy and the biggest importer of soy.

Dec 18, 2017

NAFTA, no NAFTA, or Worse: TPP via NAFTA?

Karen Hansen-Kuhn

Sharon Anglin Treat

With President Donald Trump’s threats to withdraw from NAFTA becoming increasingly explicit, market analysts are getting jittery, agribusinesses and commodity groups are raising alarms, Republican governors are planning a

Dec 15, 2017

Keep Your Eyes on the Price: WTO Remains Blind to Agricultural Dumping

Sophia Murphy

The following was first published on Food Tank Farm leaders from around the world converged in Buenos Aires this week. They traveled to pressure the trade ministers attending the biennial World Trade Organization (WTO) Ministerial Conference to stop unfair trade practices that are hurting farmers. Once again, they went home empty-handed.

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