Press Release

BIOFUELS DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA: SUPPORTING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OR STRENGTHENING CORPORATE CONTROL?

UNCTAD XII Civil society forum at the British Council Auditorium, GHANA will look at the impacts of biofuels on small and medium producers, consumers, and on the perspectives for sustainable development.

Schering-Plough Urged to Withdraw Cattle Antibiotic Application Because of Threat to Human Health

KAW press release urging Schering-Plough to withdraw its application to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the approval of cefquinome to treat respiratory disease in cattle. Approval of this antibiotic could put human patients at risk when treated with similar, critically important drugs.

New WTO Agriculture Text Falls Short ? Again

New draft agricultural trade rules released at the World Trade Organization today fail to repair a deeply flawed negotiating agenda. This latest attempt to save the Doha Round adds nothing new except more loopholes and exemptions to an already complicated text.  

New Baby Bottle Study Spurs Need for State Legislation

Minnesota based Healthy Legacy, co-founded by the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, along with environmental health organizations across the U.S. and Canada are calling for an immediate phase out of bisphenol A in food and beverage containers, based on the results of a new study that demonstrates the toxic chemical bisphenol A (BPA) leaches from plastic baby bottles when heated.

Ethanol and Land Use Changes

A respsone to the February 7, 2008 Science studies that examined the greenhouse gas (GHG) impact of land use changes caused by the growing demand for biofuels. Dr. Morris chalenges many of their assumptions and uses their own numbers to demonstrate that as of 2007 ethanhol was reducing GHG.

Canadian Tar Sands: The Most Destructive Project On Earth

A comprehensive look at the threats posed by tar sand oil.

Food & Society Policy Fellowship Announces 2009 Class

The Food & Society Policy Fellows program named nine new Fellows with backgrounds in farming, public health, film making and policy research to promote strategies for achieving a more sustainable, healthy and equitable food system.

New Report Underscores Need for Congressional Action

The U.S. fails to take basic steps to protect public health even as a new Tyson label responds to public concerns.

Food, feed or fuel: a measured policy on agricultural

FDA Action Urged as Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Caused by Animal Farms Threaten Americans

KAW press release regarding evidence showing that the use of drugs in livestock is contributing to the current methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) epidemic in Europe and suggests it could play a similar role here.