In today’s analytics-driven world, it rarely feels like a lack of data is a concern. And yet, as farmers struggle to adjust ...

As part of our advocacy around the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USCMA) review, IATP has joined with 37 U.S. family farm, consumer, and worker organizations in a letter submitted on March 11 calling ...

The Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy has released the following statement from Michael Happ, Program Associate for Climate and Rural Communities, in response to the Farm, Food, and National ...

Methane is a greenhouse gas (GHG) that is approximately 80 times more potent than carbon dioxide over a 20-year period. The livestock sector is the largest contributor to global methane emissions, ...

In late 2025, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), along with the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced the launch of a Regenerative Agriculture Pilot ...

The announcement continues a concerning trend of partisanship within the USDA, hurting its credibility and harming our farmers, rural communities, and those facing hunger Late Friday afternoon, ...

As the world hurtles toward climate tipping points, few sectors of the global economy sit more squarely at the crossroads of vulnerability and responsibility than agriculture. Extreme weather events ...

This year’s harvest time brought me to three different places — from Minneapolis over to Copenhagen, Denmark then to Malmö, Sweden — to learn and discuss what we can do to make our food systems work ...

We are grateful for the feedback and support from our partners in bringing out this memo: the African Center for Biodiversity (ACB), Association for Plant Breeding for the Benefit of Society (APBREBES ...

The U.S. cattle herd is the smallest it's been in 70 years. In June, the price of ground beef rose over $6, the highest since the government started tracking in 1980. A smaller cattle herd has led to ...

Maureen Santos is an ecologist and political scientist, currently serving as coordinator of the Politics and Alternatives Unit at FASE – Solidariedade e Educação, professor at the International ...

Mexico’s bold plan to transform its food system toward healthier, more sustainably produced foods that support rural livelihoods and respect the country’s cultural heritage is an essential example of ...