We work to create sustainable food agriculture systems | IATP
Oct 28, 2024 · 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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Oct 7, 2024 · by. Claire Stockwell. Oct 23, 2024. In January, it was hard to imagine how European agriculture would ever balance the needs of farmers, consumers and the planet. Tractors were blocking motorways in protests across the continent. Yet, as the fall colors take over the landscape, the picture is quite different today.
About IATP | IATP
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.
What is agroecology, and how can it provide solutions to crises …
Jun 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 ...
COP29: circumventing disagreements to start the UN carbon …
5 days ago · As the NCQG talks falter, debate about a controversial form of climate finance is also on the COP29 delegates to do list: agree on how to start trading greenhouse gas emissions credits under the terms of the UNFCCC Paris Agreement Article 6.4. The implementation of the Paris Agreement Crediting Mechanism faces some of the same challenges as the ...
Vision for a Just Transition for Food and Agriculture | IATP
Policies supporting a just transition for our food system would: Provide long-term support for agroecology-based systems through: Remunerative farmgate prices and wages for farm work. Technical and financial support for greater on-farm resilience and biodiversity. More farmer and community control over food production and consumption.
Agribusiness, Family Farmers and the Future of Food | IATP
Longtime 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 ...
The Farm Bill - IATP
Trade & the Farm Bill. It is impossible to separate the Farm Bill from the country’s commitment to free trade. The passage of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in 1994 and the formation of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in 1995 set the stage for the 1996 Farm Bill, which stripped away the last vestiges of U.S. supply management programs in order to expand production and ...
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. However, current ...
Trade & Governance - IATP
Oct 7, 2024 · 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 ...