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The last tariffs on U.S. produce end, raising fears of a glut of cheap corn and beans wiping out local agriculture.
Farmers in this country organized scattered protests Tuesday and Wednesday as the final trade barriers on U.S. corn, beans, sugar and milk fell with the full implementation of the North American Free Trade Agreement on New Year's Day.
Logging companies are going to be required to leave less waste behind to help build a new bioenergy industry in B.C., Forests Minister Pat Bell said Tuesday.
But Bell said Victoria is looking at incentives, not heavy-handed rules, in this latest remaking of regulations for the troubled B.C. forest sector.
IATP hosted its annual board meeting from June 24-26. Three members of the IATP Board of Directors, Becky Glass, Sivan Kartha and Board Chair Pamela Saunders, joined Josh Wise to discuss how they got involved with IATP, the challenges facing the institute today and what gives them hope in today's world.
This blog overviews the 2018 Winona County Student Dialogue that took place before the full community event.
Note: This podcast is being released a couple of weeks after it was recorded.
In the wake of the G7 summit, the news was focused on President Trumps astonishing demands to end all tariffs everywhere and to readmit Russia, as well as his insults of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Just days ago, most of the other countries leaders were focused on the imposition of steel and aluminum tariffs and the waves of retaliatory tariffs that were underway. Now, suddenly, that focus has vanished, with attention shifting to the next outlandish statement.
Latin American countries have enshrined several progressive rights in their constitutions, however, the push for natural resource extraction has put those rights in conflict with the economic development pushes of their governments.
An unspoken assumption in the Farm Bill is that in most years, farmers will lose money from the market. Congress should check its assumptions and not simply accept financial hardship for farmers as a given.
Today, the Senate Agriculture Committee passed a draft Farm Bill that includes funding increases and policy changes to support sustainable agriculture. The bill supports overall funding increases for conservation programs and supports local and regional food systems.
This blog overviews the 2018 Itasca County Rural Energy Dialogue in Grand Rapids, MN.
MINNEAPOLISOn Friday, Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Pat Roberts (R-KS) and Ranking Member Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) introduced a bi-partisan draft Farm Bill that stands in stark contrast to the extr
Josh talks with Katie Costello about the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. The nutrition title of the Farm Bill makes up nearly 80% of its total cost, helping to feed over 46 million people.
Reforms to the Farm Bill and trade policy could help support farmers stuck in the current low-price, export-dependent system, while responding to growing consumer demand for more sustainable food.