The food and farm system is vast, complex and global. The United States occupies an important role in the global food system, ...

It's hard to believe that airborne particles less than the thickness of a human hair -- from blowing soil or smoke -- could be a health risk. But the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has ...

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 ...

"Historic evidence shows that Basmati is a distinctive cultivar developed by the farmers of India and Pakistan at least 250 years ago, and grown in many parts in these two countries ever since," says ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Civil society groups in the U.S., Mexico and Canada criticized a decision today announced by a dispute panel set up under the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). The panel ruled ...

Today, there is much talk about the emergence of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) or civil society organizations (CSOs) as major international actors. CSOs have elicited criticism from some ...

This is getting serious. Climate change could cause forests in Europe to spew out more and more nitrous oxide, aka laughing gas, a potent contributor to global warming. As a greenhouse gas, N2O is 296 ...

Kraft Foods Inc.'s Louis Rich meat business recalled about 11,800 pounds of turkey ham because some packages sold in the U.S. and abroad may be contaminated with listeria, bacteria that can make ...

WASHINGTON, Aug. 17 - The Bush administration clashed with doctors on Wednesday over the merits of a proposal to charge higher co-payments to Medicaid recipients, with doctors warning that the fees ...

The Cabinet has suspended the proposed giveaway of part of Mabira forest to the Mehta Group until the Ministry of Lands formulates a land use policy to spell out the utilisation of such land. Minister ...