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 ...

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 ...

Intended to clarify the content of the Right to Adequate Food and the responsibilities of all actors involved. A guide for conduct of international community, states, others to focus policy and ...

An essay debunking 13 myths about genetic engineering.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Pharmaceutical companies are using free-trade deals like CAFTA to eliminate global competition - and deny poor patients access to cheaper generic drugs. In November 2004, Guatemala's Congress repealed ...

The earth moved today in Hayward as plans for a 6-million dollar pellet plant got the green light. Julie Pearce was there for the ceremonial groundbreaking for Great Lakes Renewable Energy and has ...