Publication archives

Oct 31, 2025

UN committee creates space for collaborative responses in support of just food system transitions

by
Shiney Varghese
Against the backdrop of multilateralism facing multiple challenges, and the UN remaining a spectator to unprecedented levels of unilateral coercive measures that are suffocating economies, obliterating communities, and impacting millions of lives in the Global South, Ukraine, and the Middle East, it was a relief to see governments coming together last week to adopt 
CFS session
Oct 30, 2025

Calling for changes in USMCA to build fair and resilient rural economies

by
Karen Hansen-Kuhn
In the midst of a lot of chaotic pronouncements about trade and tariffs, it has been hard to know how to weigh in on the trade policies we need. The current review of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) provides an opportunity to address changes since that agreement was enacted in 2020 and to fix problems that have become apparent during its implementation.
Canada, U.S. and Mexico flags over countryside landscape
Oct 30, 2025

Q&A: What's next for the Farm Bill?

by
Michael Happ
On top of trade turmoil and a U.S. government shutdown, Congress has still not passed a new Farm Bill, the primary legislation that sets a majority of U.S. food and farm policy and funding. The future of the Farm Bill is still unclear.
Tractor on dirt field
Oct 29, 2025

IATP, NFFC, and WORC comments regarding USMCA renewal

The following public comments were submitted by IATP, the National Family Farm Coalition (NFFC), and the Western Organization of Resource Councils (WORC) on October 28, 2025 to the Office of the U.S.
Oct 29, 2025

Meeting EU climate targets: Building sustainable food systems can reduce reliance on risky tech solutions

by
Sophie Scherger
The debate about the European Union’s 2040 climate target has raised many questions about what is necessary to achieve it.
Carbon capture installation at the Heidelberg cement factory, Brevik, Norway, photo by Putthekettleon. Next to image of farm.
Oct 22, 2025

Big meat and dairy companies rival major oil companies as sources of climate pollution

by
Ben Lilliston
In 2018, IATP worked with GRAIN to analyze some of the biggest meat and dairy company’s climate pollution for the first time. Collecting emission and production data from the companies was a challenge, with many not reporting emissions at all, and others not reporting on their full supply chain.
Cattle in stockyard
Oct 21, 2025

Hedging your bets: Congress threatens to take away key farmer program for economic and conservation resilience

by
Michael Happ
CRP provides farmers with some certainty in the face of uncertain markets 
CRP land in Minnesota. Photo courtesy of USDA.
Oct 20, 2025

Roasting the Planet: Big Meat and Dairy’s Big Emissions

Roasting the Planet: Big Meat and Dairy’s Big Emissions, a new report co-authored by Foodrise, Friends of the Earth U.S., Greenpeace Nordic, and Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, reveals the colossal, yet often overlooked, climate footprint of Big Meat and Dairy.
Roasting the Planet header image