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Lacey Carlson is the operations manager at IATP. She supports the development, communications and finance teams while taking good overall care of the IATP office. Prior to joining IATP, Lacey worked on progressive issues, such as reproductive justice and immigration reform, as an organizer and development staff. She has a B.A. in political science and Russian language from St.
In country star Jason Aldeans song Fly over States, he overhears first class passengers on a flight from New York to LA, looking down on the countryside and wondering, whod want to live down there, in the middle of nowhere. Aldean then flips the dismissive line into a proud anthem about the middle of the country.
The Trans-Pacific Partnership undermines global efforts to address climate change
Minneapolis Last weekend, US President Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping officially signed onto the Paris Agreement on climate. Yet, President Obama is simultaneously pushing a trade agenda that directly undermines the U.S.s ability to address climate change.
Minneapolis The derailment of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) in the lame duck session of Congress marks powerful progress toward fair trade. Since 2010, the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, working with a coalition of human rights, environmental, labor and family farm organizationsindeed, nearly all of civil societyhas been raising concerns about the TPP.
Some dates get burned in our memories. One date that pops up for me each year is November 17, the day the U.S. Congress approved the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) back in 1993. Now, 23 years later, NAFTA is as controversial as ever.
Sierra Magazine, November/December 2006
The derailment of the Trans-Pacific Partnership in the lame duck session of Congress marks powerful progress toward fair trade. Since 2010, the Institute for Agriculture & Trade Policy, working with a coalition of human rights, environmental, labor, and family farm organizations indeed, nearly all of civil society has been raising concerns about the TPP.
Today is a Latin America wide day of action against the disastrous effects so-called Free Trade Agreements have had in undermining governments and the will of the people. Below is a public statement from the organizing groups, translated into English by IATP's Karen Hansen-Kuhn:
PUBLIC STATEMENT
Barack Obama continues to claim that he will manage to get the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) passed by Congress before the end of his presidential term on January 19, 2017.
This case study looks at a marketing initiative in two counties in Minnesota (MN), USA, which connects the Hmong American Farmers Association (HAFA) with the Head Start Program run by the Community Action Partnership of Ramsey and Washington Counties (CAPRW) in Minnesota.
As international trade diplomats contemplate the latest move in their worlda formal complaint by the United States about Chinas use of price supports for its farmers, lodged at the WTO last weekI am in Delhi to present IATPs most recent findings of U.S. agricultural commodity dumping in export markets.
Earlier this week, the European Parliament approved the Paris climate agreement, joining more than 60 other countries in signing the deal and paving the way for this historic global effort to enter into force. While the Paris deal is truly a major step forward, countries will have to overcome a series of hurdles created by trade agreements to reach their climate goals.
The Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) is celebrating because October is National Farm to School Month! For 30 years, IATP has been at the center of the local food movement, presenting an alternative vision to factory farming and industrial food. Nowhere is this work seen more profoundly than in our Farm to Institution Program.
Katie is the Community Food Systems Program Associate, a registered dietitian and founder of Foodwise Consulting. Her lifelong passion for food was inspired by her mother, an incredible cook and staunch advocate of family meals. After a short-lived career in finance, she returned to graduate school to focus on nutrition.