Agricultural technology

USDA to biotech: Call your own compliance

The U.S. Department of Agriculture wants agribusiness to sell more genetically engineered (GE) seeds and food products all over the world, as soon as possible. This rule would go beyond already controversial genetically modified organisms (GMOs) to encompass hundreds of new products of new gene and genome editing techniques. The fastest way to do that?

IATP Letter to APHIS

Download the PDF here Radically Abridged Notice and Comment for this Major Proposed Rule

#AgTechTakeback - Tech revolutions, retro innovations and humus farming

Stuart Meikle takes us back to the future, to the poorly named green revolution aka the origins of industrial farming, to the humus farming of just before that, and up to today with the huge challenges farming faces. Agtechtakeback: Tech Revolutions, Retro-Innovations and Humus Farming.

#AgTechTakeback - Show me the money: Debt, technology and path dependence

As the role of technology increases in farming and food, and corporate powers use this to extend their power, we need to strive for technological developments that are appropriate for farmers, for eaters and for the planet. Welcome to #AgTechTakeback.

#AgTechTakeback - Technical sovereignty and L'Atelier Paysan's tooled up French farmers

#AgTechTakeback - L'Atelier Paysan on self-build communities in farming

#AgTechTakeback - Neither neoluddism nor corporate ag

#AgTechTakeback - Debate by ARC2020 and IATP

Regulate new GE techniques? U.S. (never) vs. EU (yes)

New agricultural technologies present new challenges for assessing risks and tailoring risk management measures for those technologies. However, governments, particularly those that have invested taxpayer money to develop the technologies, may not adapt to meet those challenges. The U.S. and EU are taking very different approaches to that task.

IATP Comment to EFSA Scientific Committee

The Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) Europe appreciates this opportunity to comment on the Draft. IATP, a U.S. headquartered non-profit, non-governmental organization founded in 1986, opened the IATP Europe office in Berlin in 2017. IATP has participated in the Transatlantic Consumer Dialogue (TACD) since 2000 and, since 2016, has been the U.S.