For key Trump Administration nominees that oversee government agencies that intersect with farmers, rural communities and our food system, IATP will be proposing three key questions for the Senate to ...

The following comments were submitted by IATP Dec. 23, 2024 to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service. View a PDF of the full comments here. Below are our comments ...

Factory farms -- giant livestock farms also known as feedlots that house thousands of cows, chickens or pigs -- produce staggering amounts of animal wastes. As a new NRDC report shows, the way these ...

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva starts a visit to China on Sunday in a bid to forge an alliance that will lead developing nations to international economic prominence. The two have ...

The use of the genetically engineered hormone rBGH not only increases the risk of cancer and other illnesses, but it intensifies the already unhealthy confinement of animals in industrial-scale dairy ...

Our Community Food Systems program works at the intersection of policy and practice in Minnesota. IATP’s Community Food Systems program strives to build vibrant community-based food systems that give ...

Rules for organic meat production: * 100% organically produced feeds and allowed vitamin and mineral supplements. * No use of growth promoters, hormones and antibiotics. * No synthetic internal ...

Water is one of the main keys to sustainable development, as it is essential to sustain life on our planet and ensure health and socioeconomic progress of our societies, while respecting the ...

Forestland ownership patterns can have a significant impact on the long-term continuance of large tracts of forestland as diverse natural forests. In recent years, there has been something of a ...

KAW has published a new factsheet explaining MRSA ST 398.

The following comments were submitted by IATP Dec. 23, 2024 to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service. View a PDF of the full comments here.

The assault on the World Trade Center was horrific, despicable, and unpardonable, but it is important not to lose perspective, especially a historical one. For a response that is dictated primarily by ...