Press Release

IATP Welcomes CFTC Advisory Committee Report on Climate-Related Financial Risk

MINNEAPOLIS—On September 9, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released a much-anticipated advisory report, Managing Climate R

Climate Risk Ignored in Agricultural Finance Poses Hazards to Farmers and Rural Communities

MINNEAPOLIS—Today, the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) released a paper emphasizing the urgent need for U.S.

Farmers and Ranchers Deliver Letter to the House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC) and farmers and ranchers from across the country delivered a letter to the House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis (Select Committee), urging Congress to support and invest in farming and rural communities to address the climate crisis. 

New Report Finds Dramatic Increase in Global Dairy Companies' Emissions as Overproduction Forces Small Farms Out of Business

BERLIN/MINNEAPOLIS—A new report released today by the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) reveals that the total combined greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of 13 of the largest dairy corporations rose by 11% in just two years (2015-2017), with some increasing their emissions by 30%.

Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy Announces Timothy A. Wise as New Senior Advisor

MINNEAPOLIS—The Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) announced today that Timothy A.

Despite Global Health Crisis, Bilateral Trade Negotiations Move Forward in Secrecy

MINNEAPOLIS—While most of the world was on lockdown to the COVID-19 pandemic from March through May, top United States trade officials began fast-paced and comprehensive negotiations with the United Kingdom and continued ongoing talks with the European Union.

Meat Plant Closings Show Fragility of “Get Big” System, Say Midwest Family Farm Groups

Global players forced small meatpacking plants out, farmers and workers pay the price

NSAC Joins With More Than 750 Organizations Calling on USDA to Provide Direct Aid to Farmers Who Rely on Local and Regional Markets

Washington, DC, April 9, 2020 – Today, the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition and more than 750 farm and food system organizations from all across the country joined their voices in a letter to Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue calling on the U.S.

Midwest Family Farm Groups Want Aid to Get to People, Not Global Agribusiness

Family farm based organizations in Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri and South Dakota sent a letter to Congress today calling for strong oversight of the recently passed COVID-19 aid package to ensure the U.S.

Family food producers and anti-hunger advocates urge support for local supply chains in next stimulus bill

Northwest Atlantic Marine Alliance (NAMA), National Family Farm Coalition (NFFC), Farm Aid, WhyHunger, HEAL Food Alliance, and the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) ​commended Congress for quick passage of an initial COVID-19 pandemic relief bill and called on legislators to take an additional step to not only address the current crisis but invest in a future that minimizes food