Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy
@iatp.bsky.social
IATP works at the intersection of policy & practice to ensure fair & sustainable food, farm & trade systems.
Offices in Minneapolis, D.C. and Berlin.
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Offices in Minneapolis, D.C. and Berlin.
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After JBS, now Tyson is being forced to stop claiming it does "net zero" industrial meat, the biggest source of climate emissions in the food system www.thenewlede.org/2025/11/tyso... @iatp.bsky.social
Tyson agrees to settlement over climate-smart beef claims
Tyson Foods will stop asserting it is pursuing production of “climate-smart” beef and working to reduce harmful greenhouse gas emissions as part of a legal settlement of a lawsuit that challenged the ...
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November 21, 2025 at 2:56 PM
After JBS, now Tyson is being forced to stop claiming it does "net zero" industrial meat, the biggest source of climate emissions in the food system www.thenewlede.org/2025/11/tyso... @iatp.bsky.social
Today is Give to the Max Day in Minnesota!
Donations to IATP are the powerful, renewable resource that keep us moving forward.
Join us this Give to the Max Day in supporting a food system that feeds kids, supports farmers, and helps communities thrive ➡️ give.mn/yzah5f
Donations to IATP are the powerful, renewable resource that keep us moving forward.
Join us this Give to the Max Day in supporting a food system that feeds kids, supports farmers, and helps communities thrive ➡️ give.mn/yzah5f
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November 20, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Today is Give to the Max Day in Minnesota!
Donations to IATP are the powerful, renewable resource that keep us moving forward.
Join us this Give to the Max Day in supporting a food system that feeds kids, supports farmers, and helps communities thrive ➡️ give.mn/yzah5f
Donations to IATP are the powerful, renewable resource that keep us moving forward.
Join us this Give to the Max Day in supporting a food system that feeds kids, supports farmers, and helps communities thrive ➡️ give.mn/yzah5f
NEW: The African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), a duty-free trade agreement between the U.S. & several countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, expired at the end of September & was not renewed by Congress. Industries in these countries are already losing jobs. What comes next? www.iatp.org/end-of-agoa
The End of AGOA? A time for a reset and diversification for the African Union
The African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) is dead — at least for now, and some businesses in both the U.S.
www.iatp.org
November 19, 2025 at 4:45 PM
NEW: The African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), a duty-free trade agreement between the U.S. & several countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, expired at the end of September & was not renewed by Congress. Industries in these countries are already losing jobs. What comes next? www.iatp.org/end-of-agoa
Healthy waters and wetlands are vital to healthy communities, rural and urban. Removing science-based guardrails that protect water and wetlands in the United States is inherently risky, especially as climate change makes precipitation less predictable and more intense. We oppose this EPA decision.
American Rivers is announcing its disapproval of the EPA’s new proposed definition of the WOTUS provision of the Clean Water Act.
The rule would dramatically reduce the reasonable science-based protections used to protect our nation's waterways.
Learn more: www.americanrivers.org/media-item/a...
The rule would dramatically reduce the reasonable science-based protections used to protect our nation's waterways.
Learn more: www.americanrivers.org/media-item/a...
November 18, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Healthy waters and wetlands are vital to healthy communities, rural and urban. Removing science-based guardrails that protect water and wetlands in the United States is inherently risky, especially as climate change makes precipitation less predictable and more intense. We oppose this EPA decision.
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A China purchase of soy was announced yesterday, but they are still far from the target the Trump Admin has touted for 2025. What about for 26-28? Here, I dig into what we know about ag in the US-China deal & how to assess Trump Admin announcements on trade vs binding agreements.
Earlier this month, the Trump administration announced a deal with China that would open up trade on certain goods. But many questions remain about the details of the agreement, leaving farmers with more uncertainty. Our latest from @benlilliston.bsky.social: www.iatp.org/china-trade-...
Is the deal with China an agreement or a handshake?
Earlier this month, the Trump administration announced a deal with China that would open up trade on precious minerals, lower tariffs, and increase agricultural purchases.
www.iatp.org
November 18, 2025 at 4:51 PM
A China purchase of soy was announced yesterday, but they are still far from the target the Trump Admin has touted for 2025. What about for 26-28? Here, I dig into what we know about ag in the US-China deal & how to assess Trump Admin announcements on trade vs binding agreements.
Earlier this month, the Trump administration announced a deal with China that would open up trade on certain goods. But many questions remain about the details of the agreement, leaving farmers with more uncertainty. Our latest from @benlilliston.bsky.social: www.iatp.org/china-trade-...
Is the deal with China an agreement or a handshake?
Earlier this month, the Trump administration announced a deal with China that would open up trade on precious minerals, lower tariffs, and increase agricultural purchases.
www.iatp.org
November 18, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Earlier this month, the Trump administration announced a deal with China that would open up trade on certain goods. But many questions remain about the details of the agreement, leaving farmers with more uncertainty. Our latest from @benlilliston.bsky.social: www.iatp.org/china-trade-...
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We and our allies reached a settlement on behalf of @ewgofficial.bsky.social for Tyson to stop making climate claims. Big Ag needs to know that we're protecting consumers from their greenwashing.
More ➡️ farmstand.org/tyson-foods-...
@animallegaldefense.bsky.social @earthjustice.org
More ➡️ farmstand.org/tyson-foods-...
@animallegaldefense.bsky.social @earthjustice.org
November 17, 2025 at 10:23 PM
We and our allies reached a settlement on behalf of @ewgofficial.bsky.social for Tyson to stop making climate claims. Big Ag needs to know that we're protecting consumers from their greenwashing.
More ➡️ farmstand.org/tyson-foods-...
@animallegaldefense.bsky.social @earthjustice.org
More ➡️ farmstand.org/tyson-foods-...
@animallegaldefense.bsky.social @earthjustice.org
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🌐Today’s agricultural #trade rules do not meet the environmental, social & economic challenges of our time. To change this, scholars & practitioners have developed a 𝗱𝗿𝗮𝗳𝘁 𝗺𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗹 𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘆, a new set of global rules to govern agricultural trade.
Summary 👉 t.ly/gm0Mu
About 👉 t.ly/hUvBr
@iatp.bsky.social
Summary 👉 t.ly/gm0Mu
About 👉 t.ly/hUvBr
@iatp.bsky.social
November 17, 2025 at 1:37 PM
🌐Today’s agricultural #trade rules do not meet the environmental, social & economic challenges of our time. To change this, scholars & practitioners have developed a 𝗱𝗿𝗮𝗳𝘁 𝗺𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗹 𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘆, a new set of global rules to govern agricultural trade.
Summary 👉 t.ly/gm0Mu
About 👉 t.ly/hUvBr
@iatp.bsky.social
Summary 👉 t.ly/gm0Mu
About 👉 t.ly/hUvBr
@iatp.bsky.social
The new Land Gap Report was released this week, with a chapter by IATP Executive Director Sophia Murphy.
Here, Sophia gives insights into the project, and some proposals for what trade reforms must be made to close the gap between climate pledges and real progress.
www.iatp.org/land-gap-cli...
Here, Sophia gives insights into the project, and some proposals for what trade reforms must be made to close the gap between climate pledges and real progress.
www.iatp.org/land-gap-cli...
The Land Gap: Climate pledges favor unrealistic land-based carbon removal, ignoring our forests
This week, the University of Melbourne launched the second edition of The Land Gap Report, which looks closely at countries’ climate commitments and their implications for how land is to be used — and...
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November 14, 2025 at 9:25 PM
The new Land Gap Report was released this week, with a chapter by IATP Executive Director Sophia Murphy.
Here, Sophia gives insights into the project, and some proposals for what trade reforms must be made to close the gap between climate pledges and real progress.
www.iatp.org/land-gap-cli...
Here, Sophia gives insights into the project, and some proposals for what trade reforms must be made to close the gap between climate pledges and real progress.
www.iatp.org/land-gap-cli...
In our latest, Dr. Steve Suppan dives into a new carbon market emissions removal standard, questioning its long-term effectiveness in helping reduce greenhouse gas emissions to limit global warming to the Paris Agreement limit of 1.5⁰C.
Read the article: www.iatp.org/cop30-rules-...
Read the article: www.iatp.org/cop30-rules-...
COP30 rules for carbon markets: Will the new PACM removals strategy reduce emissions?
www.iatp.org
November 14, 2025 at 6:44 PM
In our latest, Dr. Steve Suppan dives into a new carbon market emissions removal standard, questioning its long-term effectiveness in helping reduce greenhouse gas emissions to limit global warming to the Paris Agreement limit of 1.5⁰C.
Read the article: www.iatp.org/cop30-rules-...
Read the article: www.iatp.org/cop30-rules-...
NEW: The updated Land Gap Report, which reveals how countries’ climate pledges continue to depend on unrealistic levels of land-based carbon removal, is out today! The report features a chapter by IATP’s Sophia Murphy about the intersection of land use, agriculture, & trade. landgap.org/2025/report
November 13, 2025 at 8:27 PM
NEW: The updated Land Gap Report, which reveals how countries’ climate pledges continue to depend on unrealistic levels of land-based carbon removal, is out today! The report features a chapter by IATP’s Sophia Murphy about the intersection of land use, agriculture, & trade. landgap.org/2025/report
Earlier this year, FarmSTAND helped us fight to restore our USDA RFSP grant after it was abruptly terminated by the Trump administration. Now, they’re exposing just how carelessly our grant and many others were cancelled. farmstand.org/case/deep-di...
November 13, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Earlier this year, FarmSTAND helped us fight to restore our USDA RFSP grant after it was abruptly terminated by the Trump administration. Now, they’re exposing just how carelessly our grant and many others were cancelled. farmstand.org/case/deep-di...
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PAN has just published a new series of farmer case studies showing how #Agroecology is a #Climate Solution! www.panna.org/resources/ag... #ClimateCOP #ClimateSolutions #ClimateResilience #COP30 @pesticideaction.bsky.social @futureoffood.bsky.social @agroecology.bsky.social @iatp.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 1:35 AM
PAN has just published a new series of farmer case studies showing how #Agroecology is a #Climate Solution! www.panna.org/resources/ag... #ClimateCOP #ClimateSolutions #ClimateResilience #COP30 @pesticideaction.bsky.social @futureoffood.bsky.social @agroecology.bsky.social @iatp.bsky.social
NEW: As COP30 unfolds in Brazil and deadlines for mandatory climate reporting rules loom, major meat and dairy companies are still falling short on transparent and reliable reporting of their climate risk and GHG emissions. www.iatp.org/introducing-...
Major meat and dairy companies fall short in reporting their climate emissions
With COP30 underway in Belém, Brazil, global attention is turned toward national climate action. Few sectors of the economy sit more squarely at the crossroads of vulnerability and responsibility than...
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November 12, 2025 at 6:22 PM
NEW: As COP30 unfolds in Brazil and deadlines for mandatory climate reporting rules loom, major meat and dairy companies are still falling short on transparent and reliable reporting of their climate risk and GHG emissions. www.iatp.org/introducing-...
“This is part of the dairy industry’s strategy to slow more concrete action — to avoid the fact we need to transition away from producing so much dairy. This is an important fight about who defines the rules.” @benlilliston.bsky.social
www.desmog.com/2025/11/10/r...
www.desmog.com/2025/11/10/r...
Revealed: U.S. Dairy Industry Push to Water Down Global Emissions Framework
Trade associations representing some of the largest dairy companies in the world have coordinated efforts to weaken international standards for how corporations measure their carbon emissions. Expert...
www.desmog.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:58 PM
“This is part of the dairy industry’s strategy to slow more concrete action — to avoid the fact we need to transition away from producing so much dairy. This is an important fight about who defines the rules.” @benlilliston.bsky.social
www.desmog.com/2025/11/10/r...
www.desmog.com/2025/11/10/r...
Is America feeding the world? Or just the world’s CAFOs? Hear from IATP’s Karen Hansen-Kuhn, alongside Jim Goodman and Raj Patel on the latest episode of Family Farm Defenders’ podcast! familyfarmers.org?page_id=2545
November 11, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Is America feeding the world? Or just the world’s CAFOs? Hear from IATP’s Karen Hansen-Kuhn, alongside Jim Goodman and Raj Patel on the latest episode of Family Farm Defenders’ podcast! familyfarmers.org?page_id=2545
The Senate’s deal to reopen the government has a number of problems that will hurt farmers and rural communities. The Senate attaches a 12-month Farm Bill extension to the deal, setting up the possibility for more chaos a year from now. 🧵
If I’m reading the senate deal correctly, they’re planning to get rid of payment limits on USDA conservation programs like EQIP.
When thousands of farmers get turned away from EQIP each year, this change would funnel even more federal money to the biggest farms while turning away small farms.
When thousands of farmers get turned away from EQIP each year, this change would funnel even more federal money to the biggest farms while turning away small farms.
November 10, 2025 at 9:55 PM
The Senate’s deal to reopen the government has a number of problems that will hurt farmers and rural communities. The Senate attaches a 12-month Farm Bill extension to the deal, setting up the possibility for more chaos a year from now. 🧵
COP30 kicks off this week in Belém, Brazil, with the U.S. — the world’s largest historic climate polluter — conspicuously absent. Here’s what we’ll be following as the conference proceeds: www.iatp.org/what-will-co...
Emissions targets, carbon markets, and space for new leadership: What will come of COP30?
In 2015, at the 21st U.N. Climate Change Conference (COP21), 195 countries around the world launched the Paris Agreement, an historic effort to save the planet, cut greenhouse gas emissions, and respo...
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November 10, 2025 at 6:17 PM
COP30 kicks off this week in Belém, Brazil, with the U.S. — the world’s largest historic climate polluter — conspicuously absent. Here’s what we’ll be following as the conference proceeds: www.iatp.org/what-will-co...
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Brazilian meat giant JBS just settled a false advertising lawsuit with the NYAG for a million dollars. It's a small win, but it shines a light on the pervasiveness of greenwashing by the meat industry, which will only get worse at COP30.
My latest @newrepublic.com
newrepublic.com/article/2028...
My latest @newrepublic.com
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The Meat Advertising Case That Should Be Talked About at COP30
JBS’s false advertising settlement comes as Big Ag prepares to spread propaganda at the U.N. climate conference.
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November 7, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Brazilian meat giant JBS just settled a false advertising lawsuit with the NYAG for a million dollars. It's a small win, but it shines a light on the pervasiveness of greenwashing by the meat industry, which will only get worse at COP30.
My latest @newrepublic.com
newrepublic.com/article/2028...
My latest @newrepublic.com
newrepublic.com/article/2028...
The IATP team has been all over the world this fall, from Copenhagen all the way to Sri Lanka.
Check out the new travel log from Climate and Agriculture Policy Officer Sophie Scherger, with insights from Farm Aid 40 in Minnesota to EU conferences in Denmark and Sweden.
www.iatp.org/iatp-travel-...
Check out the new travel log from Climate and Agriculture Policy Officer Sophie Scherger, with insights from Farm Aid 40 in Minnesota to EU conferences in Denmark and Sweden.
www.iatp.org/iatp-travel-...
IATP Travel Log: Harvesting hope and community from Minneapolis to Malmö
This year’s harvest time brought me to three different places — from Minneapolis over to Copenhagen, Denmark then to Malmö, Sweden — to learn and discuss what we can do to make our food systems work f...
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November 7, 2025 at 3:43 PM
The IATP team has been all over the world this fall, from Copenhagen all the way to Sri Lanka.
Check out the new travel log from Climate and Agriculture Policy Officer Sophie Scherger, with insights from Farm Aid 40 in Minnesota to EU conferences in Denmark and Sweden.
www.iatp.org/iatp-travel-...
Check out the new travel log from Climate and Agriculture Policy Officer Sophie Scherger, with insights from Farm Aid 40 in Minnesota to EU conferences in Denmark and Sweden.
www.iatp.org/iatp-travel-...
NEW: As part of our work with the the MinneAg Network, we have put together a set of resources to help community members engage with state policy processes and shape a more inclusive and fair food system: www.iatp.org/mn-ag-policy...
Introducing: New MN Ag Policy 101 Resources
The MinneAg Network is on a mission to lift up community members and highlight their solutions to nurture vibrant food systems that provide access to sufficient, safe, culturally appropriate, and nutr...
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November 6, 2025 at 4:09 PM
NEW: As part of our work with the the MinneAg Network, we have put together a set of resources to help community members engage with state policy processes and shape a more inclusive and fair food system: www.iatp.org/mn-ag-policy...
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New Policy Brief “Agreement on Agriculture Re-Imagined”
The Policy Brief emerges from the Agreement on Agriculture Re-Imagined initiative, which is proposing a radically new set of global rules to govern agricultural trade👉 t.ly/GlAKW
Learn more about the initiative 👉 t.ly/hUvBr
@iatp.bsky.social
The Policy Brief emerges from the Agreement on Agriculture Re-Imagined initiative, which is proposing a radically new set of global rules to govern agricultural trade👉 t.ly/GlAKW
Learn more about the initiative 👉 t.ly/hUvBr
@iatp.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 8:59 AM
New Policy Brief “Agreement on Agriculture Re-Imagined”
The Policy Brief emerges from the Agreement on Agriculture Re-Imagined initiative, which is proposing a radically new set of global rules to govern agricultural trade👉 t.ly/GlAKW
Learn more about the initiative 👉 t.ly/hUvBr
@iatp.bsky.social
The Policy Brief emerges from the Agreement on Agriculture Re-Imagined initiative, which is proposing a radically new set of global rules to govern agricultural trade👉 t.ly/GlAKW
Learn more about the initiative 👉 t.ly/hUvBr
@iatp.bsky.social
"Through a self-inflicted, perfect storm of damaging actions, the Trump administration has exposed the vulnerabilities of a fragile agriculture economy, highly dependent on exports of a few crops and reliant on immigrant labor." Our latest from @benlilliston.bsky.social: www.iatp.org/beyond-soybe...
Beyond soybeans and China, the U.S. farm economy is broken
The plight of U.S. soybean farmers and lost exports to China has splashed across headlines this fall. Trump administration trade chaos has exposed deeper problems with an export-focused agriculture ec...
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November 5, 2025 at 4:37 PM
"Through a self-inflicted, perfect storm of damaging actions, the Trump administration has exposed the vulnerabilities of a fragile agriculture economy, highly dependent on exports of a few crops and reliant on immigrant labor." Our latest from @benlilliston.bsky.social: www.iatp.org/beyond-soybe...
“We have this whole farm policy system that is built on overproduction of just a few crops. That system that depends so much on exports is really fragile... It has very little resilience built in.”
civileats.com/2025/11/04/f...
civileats.com/2025/11/04/f...
Farmers Struggle With Tariffs, Despite China Deal to Buy US Soybeans
While the Supreme Court considers the legality of Trump’s tariffs, the economy in farm country is faltering.
civileats.com
November 4, 2025 at 10:36 PM
“We have this whole farm policy system that is built on overproduction of just a few crops. That system that depends so much on exports is really fragile... It has very little resilience built in.”
civileats.com/2025/11/04/f...
civileats.com/2025/11/04/f...
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Good news from the NY AG. Global meat giant JBS settled a case involving their net zero claims, agreeing to pay $1.1 million and stop claiming they will reach net zero by 2040 without a plan. Corporate accountability can take time - 🧵 ag.ny.gov/press-releas...
Attorney General James Secures $1.1 Million for Climate-Smart Agriculture from World’s Largest Beef Producer
NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James today announced a $1.1 million settlement with JBS USA Food Company and JBS USA Food Company Holdings (JBS
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November 4, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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