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February 2013
Groups welcome the release of administration proposal for international food aid reform
Posted February 26, 2013
Food Assistance, Commodities, Food security, Global Governance
Washington, D.C., February 26, 2013 – The below groups welcome reports that the Administration may propose helpful reforms to the U.S. food assistance program in its FY2014 budget submission to Congress. We urge the Obama Administration to include a bold reform proposal that builds upon the United States’...
Land Grabs and Fragile Food Systems
Posted February 20, 2013
Food, Globalization, Land Grab
Executive Summary
IATP has worked on trade and agriculture for more than 25 years. In all that time, we have consistently argued that trade agreements need to respect and promote human rights, not drive a process of globalization that privileges commercial interests and pushes public interests aside. This paper...
Comments by IATP, Grassroots International and IDEX for the HLPE consultation on the V0 draft of the report: Investing in smallholder agriculture for food and nutrition security
Posted February 5, 2013
The end of the Farm Bill?
Posted February 4, 2013
February 4, 2013 – “There is absolutely no way to explain this other than agriculture is just not a priority,” said Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow on the Senate Floor on New Year’s Day.
She was describing the bare-bones Farm Bill extension agreed to as part of the stop-...
Managing Small Urban Farmers Markets:
Posted February 4, 2013
Local Food, Mini Markets, Food
Overview
While some Minneapolis neighborhoods enjoy a bountiful supply of healthy foods, others do not. Mini farmers markets help address this challenge by bringing fresh, locally grown foods into Minneapolis neighborhoods.
In 2006, the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) began working with neighborhood-...
Networking Small Urban Farmers Markets
Posted February 4, 2013
Local Food, Mini Markets, Food
Overview
While some Minneapolis neighborhoods enjoy a bountiful supply of healthy foods, others do not. Mini farmers markets help address this challenge by bringing fresh, locally grown foods into Minneapolis neighborhoods. This manual shares IATP’s experience building and managing a network of these small...
January 2013
A year of squandered opportunities to resolve the food crisis
Posted January 31, 2013
Markets, Food, Food Reserves, Food security
January 31, 2013 – A drought in the United States last year sparked the third price spike in international food commodity markets in the last five years, again pushing maize, wheat, and soybean prices to record highs. Why are we still seeing such volatility six years after prices shot up in 2007? Have global...
Minnesota set to lead on green chemistry through innovative partnerships
Posted January 22, 2013
Green Jobs, Business and industry, Environment, Green chemistry
Business leaders will gather in Minnesota on Friday, January 25, to discuss how green chemistry—an approach to the design, manufacture and use of chemical products to intentionally reduce or eliminate chemical hazards—is becoming central to their success. Cohosted by the Institute for Agriculture and Trade...
Beyond the Farm Bill
Posted January 9, 2013
The failure of Congress to pass a Farm Bill in 2012, and the ensuing disastrous nine-month extension that eviscerated a score of programs, illustrates how impotent this policy tool has become. Instead of addressing the urgent challenges our food system faces, the Farm Bill is a patchwork of programs that not only fail...
December 2012
Frozen Local: Strategies for Freezing Locally Grown Produce for the K-12 Marketplace
Posted December 11, 2012
Executive summary
Farm to School programs, linking children in K-12 schools with locally grown foods and the farmers who produce them are growing by leaps and bounds across the United States. In 2012, more than 12,400 schools were engaged in Farm to School activities.1 In Minnesota, where the Institute for Agriculture...
Autism, Environment and Diet: Questions and Answers
Posted December 10, 2012
Food and Health, Autism, Food, Health
Q: What causes autism?
A: There is no one cause of autism. Multiple factors in our food and broader environment combine with inherited factors to contribute to autism. All of these factors can play different roles, and can take on various levels of significance in different individuals—all of us are unique in...
Food + Justice = Democracy conference steering committee
Posted December 7, 2012
Steering committee for the Food + Justice = Democracy conference that took place in Minneapolis September 24–26.
Food + Justice = Democracy conference speaker bios
Posted December 7, 2012
Bios for the speakers at the Food + Justice = Democracy conference in Minneapolis September 24–26.
Food + Justice = Democracy Peoples Movement Assembly
Posted December 7, 2012
Information on the Peoples Movement Assembly at the Food + Justice = Democracy conference in Minneapolis September 24–26.
Food + Justice = Democracy conference agenda
Posted December 7, 2012
The full agenda for the Food + Justice = Democracy conference that took place September 24–26 in Minneapolis.
November 2012
Grow Ahead connects coffee drinkers and growers in alternative finance model
Posted November 27, 2012
MINNEAPOLIS – A new approach to social trade finance and crowd funding is offering coffee lovers the chance to support the small-scale farmers that produce their favorite brew. Grow Ahead, led in part by the Minneapolis roaster Peace Coffee, connects coffee growers with critically needed capital, bringing small...
Flyer for Agriculture in the Climate Talks and the Food Security Imperative
Posted November 21, 2012
October 2012
No Time to Lose: 147 Studies Supporting Public Health Action to Reduce Antibiotic Overuse in Food Animals
Posted October 30, 2012
147 Studies Supporting Public Health Action to Reduce Antibiotic Overuse in Food Animals
No Time to Lose
Posted October 26, 2012
Food and Health, Healthy Food Action, Antibiotics, Health
For all 147 studies, download the expanded version of the bibliography.
1. Antibiotic resistance and why it occurs
Health professionals in training learn the basics of antibiotic resistance summarized, for example, in Levy (1999, 2002),1,2 Tenover (2006)3 and Courvalin (2006).4
As science evolves, it has become clear...
Draft Principles of Food Justice
Posted October 18, 2012
Local Food, Food Justice, Food, Food security, Justice, Labor
On September 24–26, 2012, hundreds of food justice advocates gathered in Minneapolis for the Food + Justice = Democracy conference. One of the primary features of the conference was the use of a People’s Movement Assembly process to craft principles around food justice.
These principles were drafted in six...
