Publication archives

Jun 16, 2023

Big wins for Farm to School & Early Care in Minnesota

by
Erin McKee VanSlooten
Minnesota’s legislative session ended in May, and stakeholders are celebrating big wins for Farm to School and Early Care.
Governor Walz signing 2023 Ag Bill
Jun 15, 2023

Trade flows and trade policies driving deforestation

by
Karen Hansen-Kuhn
It seems every day the climate catastrophe inches closer to us. Last week, dense smoke from wildfires in Canada led to severe air quality alerts across the East coast of the United States, with a stinking yellow haze coating the skies.
Deforestation in Equator
Jun 13, 2023

Climate change is disrupting food supplies. Can the Farm Bill help?

by
Ben Lilliston
This year, drought is contributing to the largest abandonment of winter wheat acres since 1917 and the shrinking of the U.S.
cornbed
Jun 12, 2023

Nadar contra corriente

by
Timothy Wise
Desde el inicio del Tratado de Libre Comercio de América del Norte (TLCAN) en 1994, México ha experimentado un dramático deterioro en su capacidad para producir sus propios alimentos. El propósito de este informe es evaluar cómo el dumping agrícola estadounidense de exportaciones baratas ha contribuido a la pérdida de autosuficiencia alimentaria de México.
cover image for swimming against the tide
Jun 7, 2023

Why we need an Agricultural Market Volatility Relief Program

Download the full report, Economic analysis of the Agriculture Market Volatility Relief Program. 
Ag reserves image
Jun 5, 2023

Farmers’ Seed Systems: Strategic sites of agroecology

This article is the 11th in a series highlighting the work of our colleagues around the world to build agroecological practices, science and movements. Agroecology has emerged as a set of practices based on principles that guide how to produce food sustainably, as well as how to man
farmer seed systems
May 30, 2023

Waste and water woes

by
Michael Happ
This report examines 2022 EQIP spending and finds that a sizable chunk of EQIP dollars are spent on expensive practices that are not resilient and may in fact make the climate crisis worse.
Waste and water woes cover
May 23, 2023

Un cartel d’entreprises fertilise l’inflation alimentaire

  Aquí puede leer la actualización en español. You can read the update in English here.
A corporate cartel fertilizes food inflation