We work to create sustainable food agriculture systems | IATP
WEB2 days ago · IATP’s new report highlights the risks of climate change for import dependent and major food producing countries, with a special look at the impact on the production of cereals and trade flows. We propose recommendations on how to mitigate climate risks to cereal production and trade, while enhancing sustainable food production using ...
About IATP | IATP
WEBThe 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.
Agroecological Transitions - IATP
WEBDec 21, 2023 · 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 ...
Agribusiness, Family Farmers and the Future of Food | IATP
WEBLongtime IATP collaborator Timothy A. Wise has joined IATP as a senior advisor to explore these issues, based on his widely acclaimed 2019 book, Eating Tomorrow: Agribusiness, Family Farmers, and the Battle for the Future of Food. As family farmers and consumers advocate for just, resilient and healthy farms and food, from Iowa to India, Mexico ...
Agriculture - IATP
WEBMost of us were fast asleep in the early hours of May 24 when the House Agriculture Committee approved its version of the Farm Bill. But not big agribusiness lobbyists, who surely celebrated into the morning after seeing their top priorities included in the bill. IATP has been advocating for fair and sustainable agriculture and food systems for ...
How to Fight a Factory Farm Episode One: Raising a Stink
WEB1 day ago · 00:00:23 Lilly. 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 in specialized industrial barns, usually long metal buildings with powerful ventilation fans on the side. The model emerged in the 1920s with broiler chicken ...
Opening the door for more conservation - IATP
WEBJan 29, 2024 · This is an increase of 2,366 applicants in just one year. For CSP, in FY23, 11,038 applicants out of 35,683 were awarded contracts, or 30.93%. In FY22, 7,960 CSP applicants were awarded contracts out of 32,122, or 24.8%. A 6% increase in applicants (or 3,078 more applicants) awarded contracts is an impressive one-year increase!
What is agroecology, and how can it provide solutions to crises …
WEBJun 16, 2022 · Endnotes . 1. Sustainable food systems are food systems that are: productive and prosperous (to ensure the availability of sufficient food); equitable and inclusive (to ensure access for all people to food and to livelihoods within that system); empowering and respectful (to ensure agency for all people and groups, including those who are most vulnerable and marginalized to make choices and ...
Methane agreement is a good first step, agriculture sidestepped
WEBNov 2, 2021 · MINNEAPOLIS/BERLIN— Today, the United States and the European Union, along with more than 90 countries, announced a joint pledge to reduce methane emissions 30% by 2030. According to the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (), the agreement is a good first step that countries recognize the urgent need to cut potent methane emissions, but the pledge is missing an immediate and strong ...
Climate Solutions - IATP
WEBJul 18, 2024 · Climate Solutions. IATP advocates for a fair and just transition toward more climate-resilient, agroecological systems for farmers and rural communities. Industrialized agricultural systems are energy-intensive, highly polluting and a major driver of the global climate crisis. Livestock in factory farms pump enormous quantities of potent ...