Environment

Maine tackles forever chemicals contaminating food and farms

Maine has become the leading edge in both understanding the destructive consequences of Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) contamination of food and farmland and identifying and adopting comprehensive policy solutions to address these consequences.

Trade agreements and sustainability: innovations and illusions in EU and US agreements

As the climate emergency deepens, governments, civil society, corporations and individuals must pursue multiple paths in order to meet or exceed the goals of the Paris Climate Agreement. The Paris Agreement is not self-enforcing, and the commitments of the signatory governments are voluntary.

Sustainability innovation and illusions in EU and US trade agreements

With the climate emergency deepening and government responses falling short, time is running out.

Farmers in all 50 states routinely closed out of climate-friendly conservation programs, new report

A new report from the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) finds that 67% of farmers who applied to access critical government conservation programs from 2010-2020 were rejected, due in part to lack of funding.

African faith leaders call on the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to drop African Green Revolution

The following article was originally published by Food Tank on August 4, 2021. Read the article on Food Tank here.

Can we harness the power of trade agreements to achieve our climate ambitions?

As the climate emergency deepens, governments, civil society, corporations and individuals must pursue multiple paths in order to meet or exceed the goals of the Paris Climate Agreement.

Expiration of Trade Promotion Authority Offers Opportunity To Reset United States Trade Policy

WASHINGTON, D.C.—On July 1, the latest iteration of Trade Promotion Authority (TPA), known as Fast Track, will expire.

IATP Comments on Recommendations for Integrating Climate Information into MEPA Program Requirements

To read the full comment, download a PDF of the comment.

Letter on the Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Regulation of the Movement of GE Animals

Download a PDF of the letter sent to the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service on May 7, 2021.

Ten priorities for the Farm to Fork INI report

Arc 2020, Arche Noah, Biodynamic Federation Demeter, Client Earth, Coalition for Fair Fisheries Arrangements, Compassion in World Farming, ECVC, EEB, EHN, EPHA, Euro Coop, Eurogroup for Animals, Feedback, Friends of the Earth, Four Paws, Food and Water Action Europe, Greenpeace, Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, IFOAM Organics Europe, OSEPI, PAN Europe, SAFE, Slow Food Europe, Urgenci

May 3rd, 2021

As the European Parliament is preparing its reaction (own-initiative report) to the EU Farm to Fork Strategy, civil society organisations in the areas of environment, consumers, food systems, animal welfare, health, consumer co-operatives, farming, fisheries, development, social justice, climate, and forestry have come together to set out 10 key priorities which they call on MEPs to endorse in their report