Publication archives

Jun 18, 2025

Stronger Standards Needed for Corporate Climate Reporting

by
Dr. Steve Suppan
IATP responds to the Science Based Targets Initiative on how corporate climate targets and risks should be reported  What is a corporation to do about reducing climate change impacts on its facilities, supply chains and financial viability? 
Cows in front of an abstract graph
Jun 10, 2025

Three questions for CFTC Chair nominee Brian Quintenz

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Dr. Steve Suppan
Later today, the White House nominee for Chair of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Brian Quintenz will appear before the Senate Agriculture Committee. Quintenz is a former CFTC Commissioner.
CFTC Building exterior
Jun 9, 2025

Introducing the Meat and Dairy Emissions Dashboard

by
Leila Yow
Until recently, meat and dairy companies had mostly evaded responsibility to report or reduce their emissions. But that’s starting to change. As mandatory climate-related disclosure becomes a reality for major meat and dairy companies, we want to track meat and dairy companies’ disclosure and what it means for progress toward global climate goals. That’s why we created the Dashboard.
collage of graphs over cows
Jun 5, 2025

House Budget boosts factory farm gas and biofuels

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Ben Lilliston
The Republican-led budget approved in late May after an all-night debate is a case study in backroom dealing and corporate influence.
aerial view of ethanol refinery
Jun 4, 2025

North American Solidarity Needed to Navigate Trump's Trade Wars

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Karen Hansen-Kuhn
Stuart Trew
Manuel Perez-Rocha
An alternative to neoliberal trade policies is urgently needed, not Trump's gunboat diplomacy and erratic deals.
North American flags
Jun 3, 2025

Let's Keep the Door Open

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Michael Happ
After years of underfunding and oversubscription, Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) funding in fiscal year 2024 (FY24) helped thousands more farmers enroll in two federal conservation cost share programs: the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) and the Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP).
Two people inside high tunnel.
May 27, 2025

Minnesota Department of Agriculture Farm to School Grant Evaluation: 2023 Local Food for Schools

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Nora Shields-Cutler
Ryan Pesch
Brigid Tuck
This report evaluates the FY2023 MDA Farm to School grants, which were unique due their support from federal funding received by MDA from the USDA’s Local Food for Schools (LFS) Cooperative Agreement Program. This report includes the purchasing patterns of grantees, including methods, products, successes, and challenges. It also documents the overall economic impact of this infusion of funds on the local economy.
kids at a school lunch table
May 20, 2025

USDA Farm Conservation Program Q&A

by
Michael Happ
On May 13, IATP hosted a new installment of our “Shaping the Future of Food” webinar series with Michael Happ, IATP program associate for climate and rural communities. In the webinar, Michael discussed the unmet demand among U.S. farmers for the popular USDA conservation programs EQIP (Environment Quality Incentives Program) and CSP (Conservation Stewardship Program). 
Windbreak on a farm