Reports

How beer explains 20 years of NAFTA’s devastating effects on Mexico

Mexico’s largest agribusiness association invited me to Aguascalientes to participate in its annual forum in October. The theme for this year’s gathering was “New Perspectives on the Challenge of Feeding the World.”  But it was unclear why Mexico, which now imports 42 percent of its food, would be worried about feeding the world. It wasn’t doing so well feeding its own people.

Connecting Sustainable Farmers to Hospitals: Farmer-Focused Report

Executive Summary

Connecting Sustainable Farmers to Hospitals: Hospital-Focused Report

Executive Summary Key lessons learned The 1,493 community hospitals and VA hospitals/medical centers in the north central U.S.—Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio and Wisconsin—spend an estimated $718 million to 1.3 billion each year on food and beverages.

Promises and Perils of the TTIP: Negotiating a Transatlantic Agricultural Market

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Promises and Perils of the TTIP: Negotiating a Transatlantic Agricultural Market

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Sustainability Criteria, Biofuel Policy and Trade Rules

Introduction

The Economic Benefits and Costs of Frac-Sand Mining in West Central Wisconsin

Executive Summary

Carbon markets: performance and alternatives

Produced for Economic Perspectives on Global Sustainability by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and the Commission on Environment, Economic and Social Policies (CEESP).

Nanomaterials In Soil: Our Future Food Chain?

Overview

Water Governance in the 21st Century

As water insecurities increase globally, there is an increasing emphasis on demand management approaches, which for the most part emphasize market mechanisms as a means to ensure water security for all. Water trading is one of the market-based mechanisms that helps transfer water from one user to another.