Publication archives

Sep 22, 2025

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

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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?

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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
Sep 19, 2025

So you want to be a farmer? Our current system poses many obstacles

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Ben Lilliston
Lilly Richard
As part of our exhibition at Farm Aid 40, we have created an interactive game that highlights some of the unpredictable challenges facing small farmers, and how better agriculture policy can help build a fairer and more sustainable food and farm system for all. This article is a companion piece to that game and an introduction to some of the issues we focus on.
Farm images, half drought, half lush
Sep 19, 2025

Putting together the puzzle of a successful Farm to School system

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Nora Shields-Cutler
Erin McKee VanSlooten
Sourcing, storing, preparing, and serving local products requires a complex network of partners to reach the scale of purchasing that can impact our local economies and build markets for local producers and businesses. Together, all these partners create the Farm to Kids network, ensuring that millions of dollars of local food makes its way to school and early care plates in Minnesota each year.
Kids eating lunch
Sep 9, 2025

IATP Comments on the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency's Nutrient Reduction Strategy

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Ben Lilliston
The following comments were submitted to the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency on September 9, 2025 on the proposed Nutrient Reduction Strategy. Download a PDF with the full comments here.
Sep 3, 2025

IATP Europe comments on the EU’s strategy for global climate and energy transition

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Claire Stockwell
The following comments were submitted on September 3, 2025 in public consultations of the European Commission, in regards to the EU's strategy to boost the global climate and energy transition.
Sep 3, 2025

IATP comments to USDA on Department reorganization plan

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Michael Happ
The following comments were submitted to the U.S. Department of Agriculture on August 28, 2025 in response to the Department's announced reorganization plan. Download a PDF of the full comments here.
sign on building reading "Department of Agriculture"
Sep 3, 2025

IATP Europe comments on the EU’s Climate Law and 2040 target

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Claire Stockwell
Sophie Scherger
The following comments were submitted on September 3, 2025 in public consultations of the European Commission, in regards to the European Climate Law and the proposed 2040 climate target. The Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) Europe welcomes the EU’s efforts to make its 2040 climate target legally binding.