Publication archives

Nov 17, 2020

The Rural Climate Dialogues: Lessons for rural climate leadership

by
Tara Ritter
This year has demonstrated the devastating impacts of climate change on rural communities, from the Iowa derecho to wildfires raging across the west. Despite the increase in extreme weather events, longstanding cultural and political obstacles have hindered support for climate action in rural communities.
Local sign at RCD
Nov 13, 2020

After Trump’s payouts are gone, what happens to farmers?

by
Ben Lilliston
A farm economy awash in an unprecedented infusion of public dollars directed by the Trump administration could face a reckoning soon. Close to $40 billion in agriculture-related payments this year mask structural problems in a badly broken market that doesn’t pay most farmers enough to continue farming.
Farmer looking ahead in soybean field
Nov 12, 2020

The world watches as the United States elects a new president

by
Sophia Murphy
The announcement on Saturday that Joe Biden had been elected as the 46th president of the United States was met with a rousing global chorus of church bells, dance music and car horns. The election of Vice President Kamala Harris made history. She is the first woman, and first woman of color, elected to the office. It was a landmark victory for feminism.
American flag
Nov 6, 2020

[WATCH] Nano-pesticides: Can they be self-regulating?

by
Dr. Steve Suppan
Download Dr. Steve Suppan's presentation delivered on November 6, 2020 at XVII Seminanosoma (virtual seminar) translated into English here. 
nanopesticides slides
Nov 6, 2020

Nano-pesticides: Introduction to encapsulated products and frameworks for assessing their risks to environmental and human health

by
Dr. Steve Suppan
The following article was originally published in an eBook prepared as part of the November 4-6 2020 webinar organized by the Brazilian Network for Nanotechnology, Society and Environment (Renanosoma).
Nov 3, 2020

Let every vote count

by
Sophia Murphy
At a time of global pandemic, when we must maintain a physical distance from one another to reduce the spread of a deadly disease, closing the office might seem notional. It is not.
Voting in the 2020 election
Oct 28, 2020

Agricultural revolution: "The Gates Foundation is leading Africa to failure"

An interview with Timothy A. Wise originally published in French on Tchak!
Farms in Massaca are irrigated by water from the reservoir
Oct 26, 2020

Market manipulation, excessive speculation and price fixing in commodities

by
Dr. Steve Suppan
On October 15, by a 3-to-2 vote, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) approved a woefully inadequate final rule to prevent market manipulation and excessive speculation in physical commodity derivatives contracts.
Chickens in cages on a large farm