Agriculture

Minnesota’s climate report shows overall progress, but need to reduce agriculture emissions

MINNEAPOLIS—New greenhouse gas emissions data released today by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) show the state is making progress toward its climate targets, aided by the pandemic, but agriculture emissions continue to be a major contributor.

Over 100 organizations demand that Mexico resist pressure to backtrack on GM corn ban

Washington, D.C.—Today, leaders from Mexico, the United States and Canada are gathered at the North American Leaders’ Summit, where, among other issues, they will debate the timeline and scope of Mexico’s ban on the cultivation and import of genetically-modified (GM) corn.

Trinational Letter

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IATP Comments on Implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act

IATP submitted the following comment to the Natural Resources Conservation Service on implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). 

Distorsionar los mercados en nombre del libre comercio

Read the policy brief in English here. 

[WATCH] IATP: Transforming food systems for people & the planet

Since the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy's founding in 1986, we have fought alongside allies for food systems that work for people and the planet. Headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota with offices in Washington, D.C. and Berlin, Germany, IATP brings together policy experts united by a shared passion for healthy, just and resilient food systems.

Collective action, democracy and Mexico's defense of its corn and food sovereignty

This article is the seventh in a series highlighting the work of our colleagues around the world to build agroecological practices, science and movements.

Distorting Markets in the Name of Free Trade

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No basis for U.S. to dispute Mexico's GM corn import ban

A high-level delegation from the Mexican government is in Washington today to discuss a series of bilateral trade issues, one of them being U.S. government and biotech industry claims that Mexico's intention to restrict imports of genetically modified corn in 2024 violates the new Agricultural Biotechnology provisions in the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) that replaced NAFTA in 2020.

IATP Letter to the CFTC Regarding the Agricultural Advisory Committee Meeting

The following letter was sent to Robert Sidman, deputy secretary of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission on December 14, 2022. Watch the recording of the Agricultural Advisory Committee meeting on December 7 on YouTube here.