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Rural Development

Rural America is a changing landscape, where renewable energy, new markets for food and crops, and new residents can serve as a basis for more resilient and sustainable farms, rural economies and ecosystems.

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Casting a ballot for local food
The Local Farms, Food and Jobs Act could have a profound impact on local food system development across the United States.
Feeding the world, or not
U.S. grain exports are up, so too is hunger.

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  • Green Jobs
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  • Bioeconomy
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  • Green Marketing
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  • Midwest Rural Assembly (MRA)
  • Multifunctional Agriculture
  • Rural African Communities
  • Sustainable Agriculture
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  • Minnesota businesses plan for future in green chemistry
    Published January 25, 2012
  • Measuring the Economic Impact of Cooperatives in Minnesota
    Published January 12, 2012
  • Research on the Economic Impact of Cooperatives
    Published January 9, 2012
  • Feeding the World?
    Published December 5, 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
  • Landowners without land
    Hundreds of thousands of American Indians own land on reservations. Why do so... Published July 12, 2011
  • Back on track: Why BCAP is worth saving
    Despite early missteps, the Biomass Crop Assistance Program (BCAP) is finally... Published July 1, 2011
  • Minnesota farmers embrace Farm to School, finds new survey
    Published May 30, 2011
  • The hype versus the reality of carbon markets and land-based offsets: Lessons for the new Africa carbon exchange
    Published April 27, 2011
  • Buying Better Chicken: A Resource to buying chicken Raised without Antibiotics and Arsenic for Schools, Hospitals and Other Purchasers
    Published April 15, 2011
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Blog posts

  • 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
  • Call to help keep local Minnesota governments strong
    A call to action to help keep local Minnesota governments strong.
    Published January 25, 2012
  • Need versus greed at Rio+20
    Published November 10, 2011
  • A hell of a way to write a Farm Bill
    Published October 27, 2011
  • Toward Rio+20: Will it create more than words?
    Published October 25, 2011
  • Video: Rethinking land use for biofuels
    Published September 21, 2011
  • Big changes for school food
    Published September 6, 2011
  • Sounding off on ethanol sustainability
    Published July 28, 2011
  • Biofuels and land use: It's all how you look at it
    Published July 21, 2011
  • Cobell settlement: too little, too late?
    Hundreds of thousands of American Indians own land on reservations. Why do so few have access to it?
    Published July 15, 2011
  • An invitation to return
    Published June 13, 2011
  • Antibiotics in ethanol? Just say no.
    Published May 26, 2011
  • Ethanol subsidies: better to burn out than to fade away?
    Published May 6, 2011
  • The sweet sell on Brazilian ethanol
    A hard—but impressive—pitch on sugar ethanol.
    Published March 31, 2011
  • Touched by agriculture: The Pantanal
    Published March 25, 2011
  • Tale of two farms in Brazil
    Published March 25, 2011
  • Photos from Brazil
    Published March 24, 2011
  • Everyone's land
    Published March 23, 2011
  • Challenges of Mato Grosso
    Published March 22, 2011
  • Land and power in Brazil
    Published March 22, 2011
  • On the ground in Rio with a diverse set of opinions
    Published March 21, 2011
  • Brazil: In the middle of the game on agriculture
    Published March 21, 2011
  • Learning about Brazilian agriculture
    Published March 18, 2011
  • The Brazil connection: agriculture, biofuels and land use
    Published March 16, 2011
  • Minnesota's green chemistry building blocks
    Published January 11, 2011
  • Clock ticking to take on big meat companies
    Published November 18, 2010
  • Stonyfield Farm and IATP reward sustainable farming
    Published October 13, 2010
  • Farmers' new normal
    Published September 29, 2010
  • Great ideas from the Midwest Rural Assembly
    Published September 1, 2010
  • What health care reform means for rural communities
    Published August 18, 2010
  • USDA says “Think regionally”
    Published August 17, 2010
  • Not your grandfather's energy utility
    Published August 17, 2010
  • Navigating the Farm Bill for beginning farmers
    Published August 17, 2010
  • Rural communities: Keep track of your water
    Published August 17, 2010
  • Spinning wheels on rural broadband
    Published August 17, 2010
  • Listening to the call of your hometown
    Published August 16, 2010
  • The next generation for rural communities
    Published August 13, 2010
  • Thinking about the Midwest Rural Assembly
    Published August 13, 2010
  • What's working in Midwest rural communities?
    Published July 27, 2010
  • River subsidy sidelines Minnesota agriculture
    Published May 26, 2010
  • Energy Conservation Angel visits Syttende Mai in Milan, Minnesota
    Published May 21, 2010
  • Press release: Biomass Crop Assistance Program needs clarification, improvement, says IATP
    Published April 15, 2010
  • On job creation—local fruits and vegetables vs. corn and soybeans
    Published April 2, 2010
  • Farms in the balance: Countering attacks against EPA on climate
    Published March 3, 2010
  • Proposed locks for Miss River: Big price, little benefit
    Published February 23, 2010
  • Water consumption questions for biofuels—irrigated or non?
    Published January 13, 2010
  • BCAP boondoggle
    Published January 12, 2010
  • How U.S. climate policy treats agriculture
    Published December 8, 2009
  • Monsanto and Pioneer duke it out over biotech corn, farmers take the hit
    Published October 28, 2009

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