Agriculture
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Agriculture can provide an abundant supply of food, economic resiliency for local economies and financial success for farmers and peasants, all without exploiting people or nature.
Shuanghui acquires Smithfield: The view from China (part one)
U.S. responses to the news have been all over the map, but what are they saying in China?
Repealing the Monsanto Protection Act
The March Against Monsanto took place in 436 cities in 52 countries, with an estimated two million participants. Now, it's time to repeal the Monsanto Protection Act.
Farm Bill ignores climate change—mostly
As the Farm Bill debate goes to the Senate floor, two amendments are trying to bring greater recognition of climate change to farm policy debate.
Seven ways to improve market regulation
We can’t expect markets to work if we don’t ensure government agencies have the right regulatory tools and adequate resources to effectively implement and enforce the rules.
Now being served in a soil food chain near you: Nanotech
In a new IATP report, Dr. Steve Suppan digs in to why more research is sorely needed before valuable soil becomes nothing but dirt as nanomaterials enter the fertilizer market.
