Publication archives

May 3, 2017

May Day, Chicago, NAFTA, and solidarity

This week we celebrate May Day, the International Day of Workers’ Rights. The days’ origins are in the Haymarket Affairs in Chicago in 1886, when labor activists were killed for advocating for an 8-hour workday.
Marchers in Grant Park on May Day
Apr 25, 2017

Two ways to tackle livestock’s contribution to the climate crisis

by
IATP
The Issue We cannot address climate change without reducing the production and consumption of industrial meat and dairy.
Lady with goats as an example of agroecology
Apr 17, 2017

Clean water, not deregulation, will help farmers in the long run

by
Shiney Varghese
This op-ed originally ran in AgriNews on World Water Day.
Apr 16, 2017

Seeds of Climate Resilience in Mozambique

by
Timothy Wise
U.S. President Donald Trump may still deny the harsh realities of climate change, but no one in southern Mozambique has any doubts. They don’t have much food either.
Apr 11, 2017

When climate change was part of the Farm Bill

by
Ben Lilliston
Last month, Congress held initial hearings to inform the 2018 Farm Bill. Agriculture Committee members heard about the struggling farm economy, crop insurance and rural development. One issue that wasn’t discussed, despite its profound impact on farmers, is climate change.
picture of a tree and a field
Apr 6, 2017

Urgent care: preventing human resistance to antibiotics

by
Dr. Steve Suppan
Perhaps it has happened to you. Ill, you take a prescribed antibiotic and you begin to feel better. But a few days later after finishing the prescription, you feel ill again. Have your germs become resistant to the antibiotic?
Mar 28, 2017

Trump’s rollback of Clean Power Plan a major setback for climate and rural communities

by
Tara Ritter
An Executive Order issued by President Trump today begins the process of dismantling the Clean Power Plan. The Clean Power Plan is the first regulation in the U.S. to limit carbon emissions from existing power plants, but the rule has been stalled in the courts since February 2016.
Wind turbines
Mar 22, 2017

Republican Healthcare Proposal to Cost Farmers and Rural Communities

by
Ben Lilliston
The assessments of the new healthcare proposal to replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA) from House Republicans and the Trump Administration are rolling in. And they are not good, particularly for farmers and rural Americans.