In late 2025, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), along with the United States Department of Health and Human ...

The challenges to our climate and food systems intersect in important ways, not only because of the impacts of erratic ...

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, ...

This report takes a close look at the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP), a farmer-focused conservation cost-share program run by the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) of the ...

This article is the eighth in a series highlighting the work of our colleagues around the world to build agroecological practices, science and movements. Agroecology has emerged as a set of practices ...

IATP is honored to attend Farm Aid 40 this year in Minneapolis. As part of our exhibition in the Homegrown Village, we have created an interactive game that highlights some of the unpredictable ...

If you want to sell and buy greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction credits, stakeholders in the carbon trading system must agree on what is being sold and on system operating rules. For the UN ...

Since 2021, EQIP contracts for "climate-smart" practices have increased above general practices in all 12 Midwest states with help from IRA funding IATP has extensively analyzed federal conservation ...

Factory farms -- giant livestock farms also known as feedlots that house thousands of cows, chickens or pigs -- produce staggering amounts of animal wastes. As a new NRDC report shows, the way these ...

A paper outlining alternatives to antibiotic use for growth promotion in animal agriculture, including alternative feed supplements and alternative husbandry practices.

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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 ...