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2024年10月7日 · Farm to School and Farm to Early Care initiatives can provide market opportunities for emerging farmers and strengthen local farm economies while connecting children with nutritious food. IATP is proud to have championed and supported Farm to School and Farm to Early Care in Minnesota for more than 10 years, through evaluation, program support ...
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2024年10月7日 · by. Dr. Steve Suppan. Negotiators from 12 government members (“Parties”) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) meet Oct. 5-9 to try to agree on the terms of several texts required for Parties to begin selling greenhouse gas emissions reduction credits to “Non-Parties,” mostly private investors. Oct 7, 2024.
How to Fight a Factory Farm Episode Two: The Price We Pay
5 天之前 · In this episode, we'll cover some of the history and economics of the CAFO system and the price we pay for factory farms. 00:03:00 Rhonda. My name is Rhonda Perry. I'm a livestock and grain farmer in Howard County, Missouri, and the executive director of …
Agroecological Transitions - IATP
2023年12月21日 · Agroecology is a science, a practice and a movement. As a science, agroecology is: 1) the integrative study of the ecology of the entire food system, encompassing ecological, economic, social and political dimensions; 2) the application of ecological concepts and principles to the design and management of sustainable food systems; and 3) the ...
Food system experts launch project to transform global food trade …
2023年8月9日 · MINNEAPOLIS—The Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy is pleased to announce the launch of an ambitious three-year project that will advance urgently needed changes to the global trading system to meet the mounting challenges in global food distribution.Funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation, the project brings together a core consortium of international scholars and ...
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The state of Minnesota was established through a process of violent displacement of Native people by European-American settlers; this legacy continues to shape our complicated relationships with the land and with each other. The IATP Minneapolis office resides on Dakota land, which was ceded in the Treaties of 1837 and 1851.
How to Fight a Factory Farm | IATP
2024年10月3日 · A four-part podcast series about factory farms, and the farmers and rural organizers fighting to end them. A concentrated animal feeding operation, or CAFO – better known as a factory farm – is a facility where large numbers of animals are raised in confined, cramped conditions. A few decades ago, CAFOs were very uncommon. Today, the vast ...
Trade & Governance - IATP
2024年8月28日 · International trade policy is driven by a narrow set of interests, negotiated far from the public eye. Since the formation of the World Trade Organization in 1995, global and bilateral free trade agreements and weak regulatory frameworks have entrenched an extractive and exploitative system that expands corporate profits and power to the detriment of workers, communities, family farmers and ...
Agriculture - IATP
This paper provides an analysis of how current and projected climate change risks are affecting production and trade by the major cereal producers, exporters and importers in international markets. We focus on maize (corn), rice and wheat, which together account for the largest share of global food staples and over 60% of global food calories.
Agriculture & Food Systems - IATP
IATP advocates for a just and green transition that supports agroecology. Our food systems should balance competing needs, from protecting decent livelihoods for farmers and food workers, to protecting our soil and water from depletion and pollution. Agroecological and community-based food systems center that balancing act.