Markets

Whether they involve trade agreements or global climate finance deals, the rules governing markets matter. IATP challenges market rules that favor large corporations or financial speculators over small-scale farmers and consumers.

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Documents

The Role of Local Food Systems in U.S. Farm Policy
Published January 25, 2012
Minnesota businesses plan for future in green chemistry
Published January 25, 2012
Food, Inc.
Published January 20, 2012
Resolving the Food Crisis: Assessing Global Policy Reforms Since 2007
Published January 18, 2012
Stepping up: Will the G-20 allow the CFS to function? Will other countries allow the G-20 to stop them?
Published November 4, 2011
Weak CFTC position-limit rule ineffective, unsound says IATP
Published October 18, 2011
Comment in response to the Joint Public Roundtable on International Issues Relating to the Implementation of Title VII of the Dodd Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act
Published October 4, 2011
Elusive Promises of the Kenya Agricultural Carbon Project
The World Bank’s African climate project offers little to farmers, built on... Published September 9, 2011
Students to get a big taste of Minnesota during Farm to School Month
Students across Minnesota will enjoy a wide variety of local produce during the... Published September 1, 2011
Governor Dayton proclaims September Farm to School Month in Minnesota
Growing importance of Farm to School initiative to Minnesota students, family... Published August 29, 2011

Blog posts

EU-India Free Trade Agreement: 'Don’t trade away our lives' say activists

IATP's Shefali Sharma reports from Dehli as activists rally against the EU-India Fair Trade Agreement.

Published February 21, 2012
Building markets for Ag in the Middle

Since 2009, IATP has partnered with Compass Group USA to expand their local and regional produce purchasing.

Published January 30, 2012
Where from here? Minnesota’s leading role in green chemistry

Published January 27, 2012
Assaulting the Canadian Wheat Board: One more reason to arrest Cargill

On January 21, the giant grain and financial company, Cargill, is going to be the recipient of a Global Citizen’s arrest for “profiteering off people and the planet.”

Published January 20, 2012
The makings of an antibiotic-free farmer-evangelist

Published December 19, 2011
IATP at Durban

Published December 9, 2011
Minnesota's Ag Commissioner: "It doesn’t get much better" than Farm to School

In his December Commissioner's Column, Minnesota's Ag Commissioner Dave Frederickson touts the benefits the state sees from Farm to School.

Published December 9, 2011
Dishing up food and culture

The latest Food and Community Fellows digest brings together many perspectives on the intersection of culture and food.

Published November 23, 2011
Wall Street wins again in weak CFTC rule

Weak CFTC rule allows for distortion of commodity markets at the hands of financial speculators.

Published October 18, 2011
Whose country is it? Wall Street occupies the regulatory agencies

Wall Street occupies the regulatory agencies as U.S. taxpayers pay dearly for an unregulated market.

Published October 17, 2011
The 1 percent’s trade deals

Published October 11, 2011
New industrial ag restrictions in China raise questions

IATP's Jim Harkness on two recent reports about new government restrictions on industrial agriculture.

Published October 7, 2011
What does the occupation of Wall Street have to do with agriculture?

How does the occupation of Wall Street relate to agriculture and food?

Published September 30, 2011
The G-20's opportunity on food reserves

Published September 23, 2011
How a better farm policy could save money and stabilize prices

Published September 16, 2011
Big changes for school food

Published September 6, 2011
Governor Dayton: September is Farm to School Month in Minnesota

Published August 29, 2011
Nano-pesticides and your health: Tell EPA to act!

Published July 26, 2011
More evidence on speculators and food prices

Published June 9, 2011
G-20 struggles to face up to agriculture price volatility

Published May 17, 2011
New primer on excessive speculation in agricultural commodity markets

Published April 29, 2011
Lessons for Africa's carbon exchange

Published April 22, 2011
Minnesota schools increasingly eat farm fresh

Published March 10, 2011
Commodity market reform: Wall street vs. the regulators

Published February 28, 2011
Casino pushes away gamblers: banks warn regulators

Published February 11, 2011
A festival for social justice: reporting from the World Social Forum

Published February 10, 2011
New US interagency study on carbon markets

Published January 21, 2011
Don't forget the carbon speculators

Published November 3, 2010
Reporting on the roadmap at the global conference on ag and climate

Published November 3, 2010
Draft AGF report offers clues on climate finance

Published October 20, 2010
Volatile times discussed in Rome

Published October 15, 2010
Debating climate finance in Tianjin

Published October 5, 2010
Rethinking the fundamentals of food security

Published September 27, 2010
Speculation and the new price commodity crisis: separating the wheat from the chaff

Published September 3, 2010
Curious critique of Wall Street Reform bill

Published August 12, 2010
Financial services industry still in denial: “History, get me a rewrite!”

Published August 9, 2010
What's working in Midwest rural communities?

Published July 27, 2010
Farmers market power

Published July 26, 2010
Wall Street reform bill a win for farmers and rural communities

Published July 21, 2010
Financial reform important for agriculture

Published June 30, 2010
Local food system: Under construction

Published June 17, 2010
Press release: Financial reform bill important for agriculture

Published May 21, 2010
The “quiet room” of lobbying: The killing floor of reform

Published May 10, 2010
On job creation—local fruits and vegetables vs. corn and soybeans

Published April 2, 2010
Farm to school numbers up—and rising

Published March 9, 2010
Growing China's local food movement

Published January 26, 2010
Climate inequity

Published December 9, 2009
Farm to school programs growing despite challenges

Published November 5, 2009
Food, water and filmmaking: this month's Radio Sustain

Published September 14, 2009
A New Energy Utility Takes on Climate Change

Published August 27, 2009

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