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Published by the League of Rural Voters in 1979, written by Mark Ritchie and Kevin Ristau.
Published by the League of Rural Voters in 1979, written by Mark Ritchie.
Chris Palmquist is the Media Coordinator for IATP. His responsibilities include media outreach, social media management and leading internal digital media projects. Before joining IATP, Chris worked as the Sports Director for KCAU-TV, the ABC affiliate in Sioux City, Iowa.
As we come up on the first full year of the Trump administration, it's clear that damage has been done to many institutions and policies. Josh is joined by Ben Lilliston to discuss IATP's upcoming scorecard of the first year, and the effect this administration has had on agriculture, rural areas, and trade.
Josh and Executive Director, Juliette Majot, talk about what happened in 2017, what is coming up in 2018, and what IATP's role is, was, and will be.
2017 has been a dynamic year for the Farm to Institution program at IATP! This was the second year we engaged with multiple Head Start program partners concurrently to implement our Farm to Head Start model, with a final cohort of four partner programs.
The following was published by Sierra on December 14, 2017, under the title Talking About Climate Change in Trump Country.
It was somehow fitting that the only rain to mar perfect late spring days of the 11th WTO Ministerial Conference in Buenos Aires last week fell as the meeting ended in failure. The purpose of a ministerial is to provide direction for the coming two years of trade negotiations; that is, to sign any agreements reached and to provide a working agenda for the biennium ahead.
In late November, IATP and our partners published a report on the global industrial meat complex in Brazil. Currently, Brazilian beef exports are banned in the United States.
The following was first published on Food Tank
Farm leaders from around the world converged in Buenos Aires this week. They traveled to pressure the trade ministers attending the biennial World Trade Organization (WTO) Ministerial Conference to stop unfair trade practices that are hurting farmers. Once again, they went home empty-handed.
One is the loneliest number...
This blog overviews our December 2017 "Our Energy Future" event in Morris, MN.
IATP has tracked the dumping of U.S. agricultural commodities in international markets for over two decades. Agricultural commodity dumping is the sale of commodities abroad by agribusiness firms at prices below what it cost farmers to get those crops ready for sale.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
12/11/2017
Contact: Josh Wise, 952-818-5474, [email protected], Shiney Varghese, 612-722-5373, [email protected]
As the 6th round of NAFTA negotiations begin this week in Washington D.C, the controversy over exactly what a new agreement might involve (if there is one at all) continues to generate debate.