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Food justice or junk food?
Posted September 27, 2011
A recent study has concluded that increased supermarket access "does not translate into improvements in diet and health"—and instead tied health to the prevalence of fast food restaurants. This study has implications not just for the White House initiatives but also...
What's Causing Higher and More Volatile Food Prices Around the World?
Posted September 12, 2011
Over the last five years, global food prices have risen dramatically, and become much more volatile. After decades of low prices, disruptions in global agriculture markets are having serious effects on food security, farmers and the environment.
Streetwerks Youth Farmers Market
Posted August 19, 2011
A quick look at the Streetwerks Youth Farmers Market, part of the Institute for Agriculture and Trady Policy's (IATP) Mini Farmers Market project. More information available at www.iatp.org/...
IATP Mini Farmers Markets: St. Olaf Community Campus Farmers Market
Posted August 19, 2011
A quick look at the St. Olaf Community Campus Farmers Market, part of the Institute for Agriculture and Trady Policy's (IATP) Mini Farmers Market project. More information available at www....
IATP's Mini Farmers Markets: Overview
Posted August 19, 2011
A look at the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy's Mini Farmers Market project in Minneapolis. More information available at www.iatp.org/minimarkets.
Sophia Murphy on the G20 and commodity regulation
Posted June 27, 2011
IATP's Sophia Murphy discussing the failure of the G20 to take on the important issue of commodity regulation and price volatility at a June 2011 meeting in Paris.
Food, Hormones and Patient Health
Posted June 7, 2011
Exposure to environmental hormones, called “hormone or endocrine disruptors,” is contributing increasingly to chronic conditions like cancer, diabetes and infertility that manifest throughout our patients’ lives. Patients are exposed to hormone disruptors in large...
Shiney Varghese, IATP
Posted May 20, 2011
Shiney Varghese is a Senior Trade Policy Analyst at the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP). Her area of expertise is global water policy and its impact on water and food security, and she has published works on the environment, gender and human rights...
LaDonna Redmond on food justice
Posted March 15, 2011
LaDonna Redmond, IATP's new Program Associate, talks about food justice, health and what role IATP can play.
Preventing Obesity by Acting Locally
Posted January 31, 2011
The recent and exploding epidemic of child obesity is upon us. Obesity among teens is more than three and a half times more prevalent than three decades ago. The solution is multifaceted, but local government action is essential according to an Institute of Medicine...
Kathleen Schuler at "Adding Value Through Green Chemistry"
Posted January 28, 2011
Kathleen Schuler, of the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, discusses the connection between green chemistry and public health
