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June 26, 2009
IATP Applauds Mayor, City Council on Local Food Initiative PDF
The Minneapolis City Council approved a resolution today put forth by the Homegrown Minneapolis initiative to support the production, sale and consumption of local, sustainably produced foods in the city and surrounding region.

June 24, 2009
Senate Report on Wheat Speculation Calls for Regulation PDF
A report issued today by the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations found that excessive speculation by commodity index traders drove up wheat prices and disrupted the market. The report confirms the urgent need for new regulatory safeguards on excessive speculation in commodity markets, according to the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy.

May 21, 2009
Iowa Forest Protects Critical Bird Habitat PDF
A 77-acre forest in northeast Iowa is the first in the state to be certified under international Forest Stewardship Council management standards for its protection of native vegetation and ecologically important wildlife, including rare bird species.

May 19, 2009
Europe and U.S. bear special responsibility for food crisis, new report finds PDF
Policies enacted by the United States and the European Union, and aggressively pushed through global institutions during the last several decades, laid the ground for the ongoing food crisis.

May 6, 2009
Report finds faith organizations building community, improving health through healthy foods PDF
Case studies highlighted in a new report by IATP and funded by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota (Blue Cross) demonstrate a growing nationwide movement within the faith community to put into practice the belief that healthy foods will help feed the body and soul.

April 21, 2009
G-8 Ag Ministers’ Support for Free Trade and Biotech Undermine Progress to Eradicate Hunger PDF
At the first ever G-8 Farm Summit in Treviso, Italy, agriculture ministers pledged earlier this week to work toward alleviating poverty and hunger and to encourage sustainable food production.

April 6, 2009
How to Build a Climate-Friendly Food System PDF
Sustainable practices in agriculture, combined with the development of local food systems, can help reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S. food system, finds a new paper by IATP.

April 1, 2009
New Film on Rachel Carson Coming to Minneapolis PDF
The University of Minnesota Bell Museum of Natural History and IATP are sponsoring the Minneapolis premiere of the new film A Sense of Wonder, based on the life and writings of environmentalist Rachel Carson.

March 16, 2009
Integrated Solutions Needed for Water, Climate and Food Crises, New Report PDF
The dramatic convergence of multiple crises–climate, food and water–requires a global shift from the dominant industrial model of agriculture toward more sustainable practices, concludes a new paper published by the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy and the Heinrich Boll Foundation.

March 3, 2009
Sow the Seeds Announces Grants to Support Local Food Systems in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Iowa PDF
Sow the Seeds, a project of the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) in partnership with the Wedge Co-op, announced a series of small grants today to support farmer education and outreach on season extension for fruit and vegetable production in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Iowa.