IATP comments to USDA on Department reorganization plan

The following comments were submitted to the U.S. Department of Agriculture on August 28, 2025 in response to the Department's announced reorganization plan. Download a PDF of the full comments here.

IATP Europe comments on the EU’s Climate Law and 2040 target

The following comments were submitted on September 3, 2025 in public consultations of the European Commission, in regards to the European Climate Law and the proposed 2040 climate target. The Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) Europe welcomes the EU’s efforts to make its 2040 climate target legally binding.  

Enabling better food labeling in USMCA

The upcoming review of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) is an opportunity to reform USMCA provisions that limit transparency about food and food systems. This include rules about mandatory Country of Origin labeling, nutrition labeling, and disclosure of genetically modified (GM) ingredients.

Battling for Farmers' Seed Systems: UPOV 91 and Trade Agreements

This memo is an attempt to draw attention to the international policy-level challenges impacting Farmers’ Seed Systems broadly, but with a focus on communities in the Global South, and on how the U.S. and its seeds companies use free-trade agreements to undermine the policy space available for farmers to save, use, exchange, and sell farm-saved seeds.

Kenya Livestock Sector: Value Chain Analysis, Trade Impacts & Recent Trends

This report provides a value chain analysis of Kenya’s livestock sector with a focus on beef, pork and poultry. It examines the impact of trade liberalization on Kenya’s domestic livestock and meat producers and within the East African Community (EAC) market.

Trump administration’s chaotic tariffs push political fights at the expense of our farmers and food system

MINNEAPOLIS—In response to the Trump administration’s tariff announcement last week, and ahead of the delayed start date on August 7, the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) has issued the following statement from Karen Hansen-Kuhn, IATP’s Director of Trade and International Strategies:

Joint Submission to the U.N. Special Rapporteur (Right to Food) on Corporate Concentration in global food systems

The following comments were submitted on June 12, 2025 in response to the Call for Input from the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food for the forthcoming thematic report to the UN General Assembly: Concentration of corporate power in global food systems and its implications for the realization of the right to food.

Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy joins lawsuit against the Trump Administration for unlawful grant termination

Joining a group of organizations around the country, IATP is taking action against the U.S. Department of Agriculture for canceling grant funds

Let's Keep the Door Open

After years of underfunding and oversubscription, Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) funding in fiscal year 2024 (FY24) helped thousands more farmers enroll in two federal conservation cost share programs: the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) and the Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP).

Minnesota lawmakers pass Omnibus Agriculture Bill, increasing support for Farm to School and Early Care Programs

MINNEAPOLIS — In a bipartisan win for Farm to School and Early Care programming and local food purchasing across Minnesota, state lawmakers in both the House and the Senate passed the omnibus agriculture finance and policy bill this week in an