Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy

The House's 2018 Farm Bill draft fails farmers and everyone else

On Thursday, House Agriculture Committee Chairman Mike Conaway (R-TX) introduced a draft Farm Bill that runs counter to what farmers and eaters across the country need. Among other disappointments, the bill eliminates the country's largest conservation program, allows concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) to claim limited conservation dollars, places no meaningful limitations on subsidy payments to large farms, and removes all mandatory funding for Energy Title programs. The nutrition title is just as egregious; the bill imposes more stringent work requirements for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients, which is likely to reduce SNAP enrollment by about a million recipients. Read our full statement here.

As a resource to advocates, the media, and the public, IATP has collected our Farm Bill research and analysis into a portal for you to learn more about Farm Bill history and policy, and to use this resource to advocate for a bill that benefits farmers, eaters, and the planet. Click the headline for to access the portal.

NAFTA Portal

Since NAFTA negotiations began in 1990, IATP has been a leading voice in criticizing how the agreement has subverted local democracy and benefited corporate agribusiness over farmers, consumers, and communities in all three countries.

As NAFTA re-negotiation commences, we have assembled over 25 years of our research and analysis into this portal to serve as a resource for the Fair Trade movement to inform current advocacy and activism for a new NAFTA that works for people and the planet.

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The House's 2018 Farm Bill draft fails farmers and everyone else

NAFTA Portal

Uprooted Episode 29: Peace Coffee goes out on its own!

Managing low and volatile ag price farmer anxiety? The CFTC goes to the Heartland

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