Community-based food systems

Planting the Seeds: A Farm to in-home Early Care Pilot Case Study

Building on a long-standing partnership and a bedrock vision of a truly community-based food system, in 2020 the Hmong American Farmers Association (HAFA) and the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) launched a new Farm to in-home Early Care initiative on the East side of St. Paul.

Minnesota gets a big boost in USDA funding for Farm to School

Last week, Minnesota had a huge win for Farm to School, becoming the first state in the nation to sign an agreement with the U.S.

MinneAg Network applauds Governor Walz’s proposed agriculture budget in 2022

IATP is an organizing member of the MinneAg Network. Learn more about the new Minnesota network here.

Community Action Partnership of Ramsey & Washington Counties

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Farm Bill appropriations and implementation: Conservation and local food programs

In late December 2018, President Trump signed the $867 billion Farm Bill into law.

Uprooted Episode 19: Caucus for Good Food on February 6th!

If you live in Minnesota, shaping the platform of the political parties to pay more attention to good food access and healthy, vibrant farms is something you have the opportunity to do on Tuesday, February 6 at 7pm with your fellow Minnesotans at the caucuses.

Uprooted Episode 16: Local Response to Trade Policy

Often, state and local politicians are reluctant to wade into the international trade debate. But that doesn't meant they shouldn't. Around the U.S. and abroad, local elected officials are taking action both to weigh in on trade negotiations and to counter the negative impacts of corporate-led trade agreements.

Uprooted Episode 5: Farm to School Month!

It's Farm to School Month! Erin McKee and Katie Costello talk about IATP's Farm to Institution program. Then Ben Lilliston joins the podcast to talk about the Local FARMS act that was just introduced in Congress.

Filling the Local Foods Gap in the Farm Bill

When we started our partnership with St. Cloud’s Reach Up Head Start program, Nutrition Services Coordinator Haley Anderson knew she wanted to source locally produced food for her kids–she just wasn’t sure how to do it. Building in nutrition education for kids and families was a straightforward process.

Farm to Head Start in Minnesota: Planting the Seeds for a Community-centered Food System

This case study looks at a marketing initiative in two counties in Minnesota (MN), USA, which connects the Hmong American Farmers Association (HAFA) with the Head Start Program run by the Community Action Partnership of Ramsey and Washington Counties (CAPRW) in Minnesota.