Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy

Illustration by IATP and GRAIN

Big Meat and Dairy are Heating up our Planet

The world's 35 largest meat and dairy corporations are egregiously under reporting their greenhouse gas emissions, and could become the planet's largest climate polluters within the next few decades. Our latest report with GRAIN shows that these agribusiness giants are claiming to reduce emissions, but instead are pursuing growth strategies that will drive unsustainable levels of consumption and emissions.

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.

Don't Look Behind the Curtain

June 18th, 2018

NAFTA 2.0: New genetic engineering techniques and agricultural trade

May 14th, 2018

Maine State Legislators Endorse Removing ISDS from NAFTA

May 10th, 2018

Uprooted Episode 39: The Science of Beef and Greenhouse Gases

In our recent report Emissions Impossible: How big meat and dairy are heating up the planet, we teamed up with GRAIN to analyze the greenhouse gas footprints of the largest meat and dairy corporations, and debunked the idea that decreasing emissions intensity would, by itself, lead to an overall reduction in emissions.

USDA helps High Frequency Traders now; promises help for farmers later

On July 10, USDA announced a change to the decades old policy of releasing its monthly World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimate (WASDE) first to accredited media representatives and 90 minutes later to the public. In theory, the media interpret WASDE information to the benefit of their subscribers, including traders. But starting in August, the media will receive the WASDE report at the same time as everyone else, due to a policy change made with the analytic assistance of the Commodity Trading Futures Commission.

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Big Meat and Dairy are Heating up our Planet

NAFTA Portal

Uprooted Episode 39: The Science of Beef and Greenhouse Gases

USDA helps High Frequency Traders now; promises help for farmers later

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