Agriculture

Be our Valentine and learn about global land grabs at IATP

Global Land Grabs on Valentine's Day at IATP! That's right. We want you to be our Valentine on February 14! We'll be discussing global land grabs and food sovereignty.

Climate change meets resilience: Real farmers solving real climate problems with sustainable solutions

Update: All five videos are now available at the following links: 

WEBINAR: Recent AAP Policy Statements on Organic Food and Pesticides

Intended Audience: Pediatricians, Physician Assistants, Nurse Practitioners, Nurses, Office Managers, Office Staff

How to invest justly in small-scale agriculture

As the Rome-based Committee on World Food Security begins preparing principles for “responsible agriculture investment” (RAI), its advisory body, the High-level Panel of Experts (HLPE), gets ready to revise its report on “Smallholder agriculture investment.” It is hoped that the RAI principles, if crafted with input from small-scale food produce

The end of the Farm Bill?

“There is absolutely no way to explain this other than agriculture is just not a priority,” said Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow on the Senate Floor on New Year’s Day.

Corporate Land Grabs Reveal a Hidden Agenda: Controlling Water

The food crisis and recent droughts have confirmed that controlling the source of food - the land and the water that flows under or by it - are equally or even more important.

Water Grabbing to Follow Food Speculation?

WEBINAR: The A to Z on Atrazine: Sex hormones and America's most popular pesticide

Despite being banned in Europe due to health risks, atrazine, a hormone-disrupting herbicide, is one of the world's most largely used pesticides—hundreds of millions of pounds per year. It can be found in our lakes, streams, rain, and drinking water, at levels that make a difference to human health.

Farm Bill free fall

Just when you thought Congress couldn’t screw up the Farm Bill any worse, they surprise us all.

Why agricultural diversity matters to public health: The Marsden Farm study

It’s ironic that agriculture, an activity that is fundamental to sustaining large societies, has come to present so many risks to public and environmental health.