Agriculture

Minnesota should increase agriculture budget to deliver for famers, communities and rural Minnesota

Today, leading Minnesota organizations on hunger relief and agriculture submitted a letter to the Minnesota House and Senate leadership, urging legislators to increase the 2023 agriculture budget to invest in our farmers and food systems.

IATP 2023 Farm Bill Submission

The following submission was submitted to Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Chair Debbie Stabenow & Ranking Member John Boozman on Friday, March 17, 2023. 

Twelve problems with the European Commission’s proposal for a Carbon Removal Certification Framework

This policy brief outlines 12 major concerns regarding the EC’s CRCF proposal, including overarching problems with the proposal and issues related to the agriculture and land sector.

Letter to the SEC on the Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors

The following letter was sent to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Gary Gensler on March 15, 2023. 

Agroecology is the transformation needed for LDC food sovereignty

Doha, Qatar—Meeting in Doha for the 5th United Nations Least Developed Countries (LDC) Conference 4-9 March, civil society organizations (CSOs) from around the world organized a panel to present and discuss the challenges that face LDC agriculture, the promise of agroecology and the importance of investing in agroecological practices to build food sovereignty.

Least Developed Countries Conference Provides Opportunity to Advance Agroecological Transitions

Doha, Qatar—From March 4-9, United Nations officials and diplomats, together with Heads of States from U.N.-designated Least Developed Countries (LDCs), civil society organizations, parliamentarians and the private sector will gather in Doha for the 5th U.N. Conference on the Least Developed Countries (U.N. LDC5).

Agroecology, food sovereignty and the 5th U.N. Conference for Least Developed Countries

On March 5, the United Nation’s 5th Least Developed Countries (LDC) Decade of Action Conference will formally open in Doha, Qatar. IATP will be there, together with an anticipated 600 or so others from civil society, mingling with Heads of LDC states and their staff, a variety of U.N.

[Watch] Farm Bill 101: What the 2023 Farm Bill means for Minnesota

Watch the recording of the March 1, 2023 webinar above. Download the webinar slides here. 

Despite Improvements, Three in Four Farmers Turned Away from Federal Conservation Programs

MINNEAPOLIS—A new report from the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) finds that roughly three in four farmers who applied to access critical government conservation programs in 2022

Still Closed Out

More progress needed to connect farmers with federal conservation programs. There has been some positive development for conservation agriculture policy in the U.S. since 2021, but USDA still rejects more than three in four farmer applications to CSP. 