States are Unprepared for Climate Change Impact on Agriculture

MINNEAPOLIS – State-level climate adaption strategies frequently do not include agriculture, and an alarming number of states don’t have plans at all, a blind spot in preparing for climate change that will be costly to farmers and state governments, finds a new report by the Institute for Agricultur

Trump Fails Family Farms in First Year

TRUMP FAILS FAMILY FARMS IN FIRST YEAR

NEW REPORT SHOWS THAT TRADE TRIBUNALS ARE THREATENING THE RIGHT TO WATER

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 12/11/2017 Contact: Josh Wise, 952-818-5474, jwise@iatp.org, Shiney Varghese, 612-722-5373, svarghese@iatp.org  

FARM TO SCHOOL MONTH HIGHLIGHTS BENEFITS TO FARMERS, KIDS, AND COMMUNITIES

Farmers in Minnesota, and across the country, are facing another year of global prices so low they don’t cover the cost of production. Increasingly, Minnesota farmers are turning to local markets and supply chains that offer more stable income, boost the local economy, and provide healthier food to our communities.

IATP’s Shiney Varghese will add a voice from Minnesota to the United Nations

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 09/22/2017 Contact: Josh Wise, 952-818-5474, jwise@iatp.org

Sped-up NAFTA renegotiation, using TPP blueprint, draws condemnation across borders

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 31, 2017 Contact: Josh Wise, 952-818-5474, jwise@iatp.org;

Family farm groups from three countries slam NAFTA reboot based on TPP

Contacts: Josh Wise, 952-818-5474, jwise@iatp.org Quinton Robinson, 703-975-4466, quintonnrobinson@nffc.net Jan Slomp, 403-704-4364, marian.jan@gmail.com

NAFTA renegotiation objectives fall short for farmers and the planet

The release of the Trump administration’s objectives for renegotiating NAFTA confirm the suspicions of fair trade advocates that President Trump would break his promise to create trade deals that are in the public interest. The negotiating objectives, which failed to incorporate input from civil society organizations despite detailed and extensive proposals, continue the administration’s trend of putting multinational corporations’ narrow interests first by using the same blueprint that shaped the failed Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). Candidate Trump railed against the TPP: Trum

NAFTA Renegotiation Objectives Fall Short for Farmers and the Planet

States Urged to Lead on Climate Action and Avoid Carbon Markets

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 29, 2017 Contact: Tara Ritter,  tritter@iatp.org, 612-870-3424   IATP Report: States Urged to Lead on Climate Action and Avoid Carbon Markets