Nov 20, 2023

Mil-palabras for milpas and trade and food justice

by
Karen Hansen-Kuhn
The Milpa system is an agroecological cropping method in Mexico dating back thousands of years in which complementary crops such as corn, beans and squash are cultivated together in ways that nurture the soil and our bodies.
milpas
Nov 20, 2023

IATP, Rural Coalition and the Alianza Nacional de Campesinas submission on USMCA GM corn case

The following submission was submitted electronically on November 7, 2023 to the TMEC Secretariat, Mexican Section by IATP, the Rural Coalition and the Alianza Nacional de Campesinas. 
Nov 15, 2023

Farm Bill extension locks in status quo that leaves behind farmers, eaters

MINNEAPOLIS—Yesterday, Congress extended the current 2018 Farm Bill for an additional year. The fate of the Farm Bill has remained uncertain since its expiration at the end of September until Speaker of the House Mike Johnson included an extension of the current Farm Bill through September 2024 in the continuing resolution.
Dairy farm landscape
Nov 14, 2023

National Climate Assessment underscores need to invest in resilient, agroecological food systems

Minneapolis—The Fifth National Climate Assessment, released today by the White House in coordination with federal agencies, reinforces the need to build a more resilient and agroecological food system, according to the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy.
Farmer growing specialty Asian crops
Nov 13, 2023

Corporate greenwashing or real climate action at COP28?

by
Ben Lilliston
In September, the U.N. Climate Ambition Summit in New York was flooded with new corporate climate announcements and initiatives, too many of which reflected marketing flash rather than real plans to reduce emissions. In fact, corporate climate greenwashing has become so brazen the U.N.
fund food not fossil fuels
Nov 1, 2023

Setting the course for global climate action at COP28

Extreme heat is a deadly consequence of climate change, and this summer was the hottest summer on record since global records began. From Arizona to Japan, extreme heat persisted for weeks, and from Canada to Hawaii, heat-aggravated wildfires wreaked havoc.
Smokestack with emissions
Nov 1, 2023

IATP Comment on the UNFCCC Supervisory Body Draft Recommendations on the Article 6.4 Mechanism

by
Dr. Steve Suppan
The following comment was submitted electronically to the Subsidiary Body on Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) of the Supervisory Body (SB) on Article 6.4 Mechanism of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) on 
Oct 30, 2023

Farm to School Spotlight: Hutchinson, Litchfield and Dassel-Cokato Public School Districts

by
Erin McKee VanSlooten
Karla Moreno Polanco
Download a PDF of the case study here.  
School lunch tray with local foods