Press Releases
February 2013
Groups welcome the release of administration proposal for international food aid reform
Posted February 26, 2013
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’...
January 2013
Minnesota set to lead on green chemistry through innovative partnerships
Posted January 22, 2013
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...
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...
July 2012
West Broadway Coalition to lead North Minneapolis Mini Farmer Market Network
Posted July 30, 2012
MINNEAPOLIS – The Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) has selected the West Broadway Business and Area Coalition (WBC) to serve as one of four organizations to assume leadership of IATP’s network of mini farmers markets in Minneapolis. WBC will lead a network of three mini farmers markets starting in...
Minnesota FoodShare program to lead Mini Farmers Market Network
Posted July 30, 2012
MINNEAPOLIS – The Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) has selected Minnesota FoodShare, a program of the Greater Minneapolis Council of Churches (GMCC), to serve as one of four organizations to assume leadership of IATP’s network of mini farmers markets in Minneapolis. Minnesota FoodShare...
June 2012
Freshest for the youngest: Minnesota launch of Farm to Child Care pilot to serve as national model
Posted June 22, 2012
MINNEAPOLIS – A new partnership between the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) and child-care provider New Horizon Academy (NHA) is delivering fresh, local foods from Minnesota farms to child-care centers around the state. Beginning this month, 13 New Horizon child-care sites located in the Twin...
May 2012
IATP featured in HBO series on obesity epidemic
Posted May 14, 2012
The Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy’s (IATP) Dr. David Wallinga is featured in a new HBO multi-movie series on the nation’s obesity epidemic and the systemic drivers of it. Dr. Wallinga joins other experts in public health, health policy and obesity prevention research to discuss an issue that...
IATP applauds lawmakers’ call to FDA for action on antibiotics in ethanol production
Posted May 11, 2012
Just 10 days after the release of IATP’s latest report, Bugs in the System: How the FDA Fails to Regulate Antibiotics in Ethanol Production, Representatives Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Louise Slaughter (D-N.Y.) have written to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to ask hard questions about whether the...
Sustained pressure by nonprofits forces change in FDA nanotech policy
Posted May 4, 2012
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today several leading non-profits working on nanotechnology oversight—Center for Food Safety (CFS), Friends of the Earth (FoE), Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP)and the International Center for Technology Assessment—issued a statement responding to recent steps...
Senate Agriculture Committee falls short on the Farm Bill
Posted May 3, 2012
MINNEAPOLIS – The Farm Bill approved by the Senate Agriculture Committee last week makes $23 billion in cuts to critical programs including those for Americans struggling to put food on the table, farmers employing conservation practices and rural communities, said the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy...
