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WEBOct 2, 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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WEBOct 1, 2024 · IATP statement on the CFTC approval of guidance to industry on voluntary carbon market credits. MINNEAPOLIS— On Sept. 19, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) voted to approve final guidance to commodity exchanges planning to offer new derivatives contracts whose underlying assets are credits based on projects intended to reduce or ...
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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.
Addressing climate change risks in import dependent and major …
WEBAug 27, 2024 · 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 …
The imperative for coherence: Deforestation and trade policies in …
WEB2 days ago · The European Commission approved the regulation in June 2023. Large and medium-scale companies must comply as of Dec. 30, 2024. Smaller companies have an additional six months to comply. Future mandatory reviews will consider possible expansion to other products, as well as the impacts on small-scale farmers.
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 ...
How to Fight a Factory Farm | IATP
WEB6 days ago · 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, …
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 ...
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!
Climate Solutions - IATP
WEBAug 27, 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 ...