Publication archives

Feb 25, 2015

Obama’s Trade Agenda Smacks Down the Climate

by
Ben Lilliston
President Obama, like the Bushes and Clinton before him, is all in on expanding the type of free trade multinational corporations love. Unfortunately, these trade agreements fuel an extractive form of globalization that has negatively impacted jobs and inequality, and have also been devastating for the climate.
Feb 23, 2015

Big Meat Lobby to Attack New Dietary Guidelines

by
Shefali Sharma
The North American Meat Institute, national beef and pork associations and other corporate lobbies of the powerful meat industry are seething at the historic ne
Feb 18, 2015

Fast Track to an Empty Basket

by
IATP
Later this month, Congress will consider whether or not to hand Fast Track authority over to the President, limiting themselves to a simple up or down vote on two extraordinarily complex trade agreements now being negotiated in secret and without Congressional oversight.
Feb 18, 2015

Local Food Names: not for sale

by
Karen Hansen-Kuhn
Repost from ARC2020
Feb 17, 2015

WEBINAR: Farm to School & Youth Leadership Part 2: Strengthening Farm to School

by
Erin McKee VanSlooten
This two part webinar series will introduce participants to IATP's high school level Farm to School Youth Leadership Curriculum. The curriculum is designed to empower youth, teach them about their local food system, engage them in meaningful, hands-on learning activities that also strengthen their school’s Farm to School program and link them directly to farmers in their community.
Farm to School & Youth Leadership Webinar Part 2: Strengthening Farm to School
Feb 16, 2015

Fast Track to (More) False Promises

In his State of the Union address, President Obama urged Congress to renew Trade Promotion Authority, often called “Fast Track,” to complete two controversial international trade deals currently under negotiation, the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partn
Feb 16, 2015

Fast Track to an Empty Basket

Take Action to Stop Fast Track: http://org.salsalabs.com/o/1034/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=16706 http://www.iatp.org/tradesecrets/takeaction.html
Feb 12, 2015

Conservation, Climate, and CAFOs

by
Tara Ritter
Recommended changes to the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP), a farm program designed to encourage conservation, may instead promote the expansion of factory farms that harm the climate. EQIP is administered by the U.S.