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This piece is an introduction to a new collection of commentaries by the IATP Food and Community Fellows, originally published on www.foodandcommunityfellows.org.
Youve surely heard about the worst drought in a generation that is devastating farmers throughout the Midwest and Great Plains. Many of us may have brown lawns and suffering gardens, but besides these inconveniences, how does the drought impact the rest of us who are not farming? Heres a brief rundown.
In a research paper titled How to Save Globalisation from its Cheerleaders , and published on his website, Dani Rodrik, Professor of international political economy at Harvard's JFK School of Government argues that in the current realities of the world, pursuit of perfect globalisation - more openness - endangers the present imperfect, but still remarkable globalisation, by intensifying conflic
Global players forced small meatpacking plants out, farmers and workers pay the price
Beautiful Denmark is known throughout the world for its pastries, furniture design and ham.
PULLMAN, Wash. -- Michael Pollan believes farmers may eventually solve three of the world's biggest problems -- the crises centered on energy, health care and climate change.
The author of "The Omnivore's Dilemma" outlined his "sun food agenda," advocating a return to a diversified agricultural system, during his lecture at Washington State University on Wednesday, Jan. 13.
Inter Press Service | Danielle Knight | January 10, 2002
Pressures on the world's natural systems have worsened in the 10 years since the international environmental conference known as the Earth Summit was held, a leading environmental think tank said today.
From the Casper Star Tribune, by Michelle McNiel
In a tangle of snowberry brush, vine maple, and bitter cherry, and under a canopy of ancient towering aspens, Heather Kranz searched for clues to a disappearing species.
The Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) is looking for a full-time Trade Policy Analyst in our Washington, D.C. or Minneapolis, Minnesota office.
Who are we?
Was it just exhaustion from two-plus years of negotiations that finally produced the Farm Bill that is expected to be signed by the President this week? Or, was it the sense that it could have been a lot worse when compared with a mean-spirited, destructive Farm Bill passed by the House of Representatives last year.
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