Publication archives

Oct 29, 2025

IATP, NFFC, and WORC comments regarding USMCA renewal

The following public comments were submitted by IATP, the National Family Farm Coalition (NFFC), and the Western Organization of Resource Councils (WORC) on October 28, 2025 to the Office of the U.S.
Oct 29, 2025

Meeting EU climate targets: Building sustainable food systems can reduce reliance on risky tech solutions

by
Sophie Scherger
The debate about the European Union’s 2040 climate target has raised many questions about what is necessary to achieve it.
Carbon capture installation at the Heidelberg cement factory, Brevik, Norway, photo by Putthekettleon. Next to image of farm.
Oct 22, 2025

Big meat and dairy companies rival major oil companies as sources of climate pollution

by
Ben Lilliston
In 2018, IATP worked with GRAIN to analyze some of the biggest meat and dairy company’s climate pollution for the first time. Collecting emission and production data from the companies was a challenge, with many not reporting emissions at all, and others not reporting on their full supply chain.
Cattle in stockyard
Oct 21, 2025

Hedging your bets: Congress threatens to take away key farmer program for economic and conservation resilience

by
Michael Happ
CRP provides farmers with some certainty in the face of uncertain markets 
CRP land in Minnesota. Photo courtesy of USDA.
Oct 20, 2025

Roasting the Planet: Big Meat and Dairy’s Big Emissions

Roasting the Planet: Big Meat and Dairy’s Big Emissions, a new report co-authored by Foodrise, Friends of the Earth U.S., Greenpeace Nordic, and Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, reveals the colossal, yet often overlooked, climate footprint of Big Meat and Dairy.
Roasting the Planet header image
Oct 7, 2025

Fresh Food for Tots: A Farm to Kids pilot program brings nutritious local food to early care settings

by
Nora Shields-Cutler
Farm to Early Care programs have been growing across Minnesota, with increasing numbers of early care providers talking about and sourcing local food for the kids they care for. Early care centers and now home-based providers are eligible recipients for the Minnesota Department of Agriculture’s (MDA) Farm to School and Early Care grant dollars.
Children in early care explore watermelon slices
Sep 22, 2025

The EU’s plans to put a price on agriculture emissions

by
Sophie Scherger
As the rest of the European Union’s economy reduces its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, the air is getting thinner for the agriculture sector to escape demands to address the climate pollution caused by our food and agriculture system. 
cows in a row
Sep 22, 2025

A new EU Emissions Economy?

by
Sophie Scherger
A Policy Guide to Agriculture Emissions Pricing in the European Union. The European Commission is exploring whether and how to price greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in its agrifood sector, looking for policy options to help bring down the sector’s stagnating greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. This guide unpacks each of the three proposals and assesses their potential impact on the climate and farmers.
Cows grazing in a field