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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

foods has sparked a raging debate and that it is probable that both the very pro and the very con statements are suspect and that the truth probably is to be found somewhere in the wide gap between ...

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 ...

According to this story, traditional selective breeding, although a genetic modification itself, takes place within compatible species: tomatoes to tomatoes; dogs to dogs, or at least coyotes. Genetic ...

An essay debunking 13 myths about genetic engineering.

Michael Andreas, 49, on leave as executive vice president of ADM; Terrance Wilson, 60, retired head of ADM's corn-processing unit; and former ADM biochemist Mark Whitacre, 41 have been convicted by a ...

Wall Street Journal | Op-Ed | By HOLMAN W. JENKINS JR. If mankind rejects the benefits of gene splicing, there will be a better reason than one company's public relations miscues. Monsanto was on a ...

A discussion of the impacts of NAFTA on the public.

Prince Edward Island's potato industry will, according to this story, forward a number of recommendations to the province today in an attempt to address a drastic shortage of seed potatoes. The story ...