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网页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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网页6 天之前 · by. Dr. Steve Suppan. Negotiators from 12 government members (“Parties”) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) meet Oct. 5-9 to try to agree on the terms of several texts required for Parties to begin selling greenhouse gas emissions reduction credits to “Non-Parties,” mostly private investors. Oct 7, 2024.
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网页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.
How to Fight a Factory Farm Episode Two: The Price We Pay
网页4 天之前 · In this episode, we'll cover some of the history and economics of the CAFO system and the price we pay for factory farms. 00:03:00 Rhonda. My name is Rhonda Perry. I'm a livestock and grain farmer in Howard County, Missouri, and the executive director of the Missouri Rural Crisis Center.
How to Fight a Factory Farm | IATP
网页2024年10月3日 · 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, CAFOs were very uncommon. Today, the vast ...
Agriculture & Food Systems - IATP
网页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 ...
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网页Foley Public Schools were among the first to launch a Farm to School Program in Minnesota. Director of Child Nutrition Services Cheryl Pick heard about Farm to School while serving on the board of the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) and brought the program to Foley in 2010. Foley Public Schools, located northwest of the Twin ...
Climate Solutions - IATP
网页2024年8月27日 · 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 ...
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网页2024年10月1日 · 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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网页2024年3月6日 · Climate change poses risks to global cereal production and trade. MINNEAPOLIS—Out today, a new report from the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) sheds light on the pressing climate challenges facing global cereal production and trade, with a focus on maize (corn), rice and wheat, which together account for over 60% of …