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For many of us working on local food system development, one of the biggest challenges is forging the infrastructure needed to aggregate, process, distribute and market locally grown foods. These businesses are essential for meeting increased demand for local foods while creating jobs, connecting farms with buyers, and bolstering struggling local economies, both rural and urban.
In 1999, IATP released a ground-breaking report called Feeding the World that debunked the oft-claimed argumen
Many of us can remember that moment while eating fresh broccoli, sweet corn or kale and we were struck by how incredibly delicious vegetables taste. It is as if we were eating vegetables for the first time in our lives.
Courier Mail | By Fleur Anderson | July 17, 2002 GROWING investor distrust of the sharemarket could threaten Australia's "miracle economy" next year, according to a new survey.
HOUGHTON, Michigan, November 22, 2002 (ENS) - New research suggests that non-native earthworms are changing the forest floor in the northern U.S., threatening the goblin fern and other rare plants in the process.
From the Associated Press via the Environmental News Network, by Susan Montova Bryan
Some of northern New Mexico's aspen stands have been stripped of their leaves by masses of wriggling caterpillars in search of food and a place to build a home, but forest officials are confident the trees will recover in time to show off their brilliant colors.
IATP's Environment and Agriculture (E&A) Program seeks a Marketing Associate to lead a path-breaking major ecological benefits marketing project in the Great Lakes Basin. Good land use, farming and forestry practices provide multiple ecological benefits to the Basin, including