Family farm groups from three countries slam NAFTA reboot based on TPP

Contacts: Josh Wise, 952-818-5474, jwise@iatp.org Quinton Robinson, 703-975-4466, quintonnrobinson@nffc.net Jan Slomp, 403-704-4364, marian.jan@gmail.com

NAFTA renegotiation objectives fall short for farmers and the planet

The release of the Trump administration’s objectives for renegotiating NAFTA confirm the suspicions of fair trade advocates that President Trump would break his promise to create trade deals that are in the public interest. The negotiating objectives, which failed to incorporate input from civil society organizations despite detailed and extensive proposals, continue the administration’s trend of putting multinational corporations’ narrow interests first by using the same blueprint that shaped the failed Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). Candidate Trump railed against the TPP: Trum

States Urged to Lead on Climate Action and Avoid Carbon Markets

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 29, 2017 Contact: Tara Ritter,  tritter@iatp.org, 612-870-3424   IATP Report: States Urged to Lead on Climate Action and Avoid Carbon Markets

Food and farm groups call for new NAFTA to address dumping and support farmers in all countries

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 27, 2017 Contact: Josh Wise, 952-818-5474, jwise@iatp.org; Karen Hansen-Kuhn, 202-413-9533, khansenkuhn@iatp.org  

Trump Turns Back on Farmers by Rejecting Global Climate Agreement

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 06/01/2017 Contact Ben Lilliston, 612-741-8650, blilliston@iatp.org

Perdue’s Proposed USDA Reorganization Puts Global Agribusiness Above Farmers and Rural Communities.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 05/11/2017 Contact: Josh Wise, jwise@iatp.org, 952-818-5474; Ben Lilliston, blilliston@iatp.org, 612-741-8650 Perdue’s Proposed USDA Reorganization Puts Global Agribusiness Above Farmers and Rural Communities.

Two ways to tackle livestock’s contribution to the climate crisis

25 April 2017

Leaked draft of objectives for NAFTA renegotiation is TPP re-branded

In response to this morning’s leaked draft letter outlining U.S. objectives in a NAFTA renegotiation, Juliette Majot, Executive Director of the Institute for Agriculture & Trade Policy, released the following statement:

Minnesota Farm to School bill attracts widespread support at the Capitol

ST. PAUL – Today, advocates will launch their campaign to pass a statewide Farm to School bill in Minnesota. The Farm to School Coalition includes, farmers’ organizations, school nutrition advocates public health advocates, and businesses, who are all hoping to build on successful efforts around the state that are good for farmers, good for kids, and good for the local economy.