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Ten blocks north of IATP’s office in Minneapolis, a boisterous crowd braved 5-degree temperatures to march in front of Chipotle. The restaurant chain, who touts “food with integrity,” was under fire over its mistreatment of workers. Continue Reading
TransFair USA, the largest fair trade certifier in the U.S., changed its name to Fair Trade USA and is trying to trademark that name. What a shame.
We’re in a rut when it comes to taking action on climate change. Congress has stalled on passing climate legislation. International negotiators failed to agree on binding emission cuts in Cancún late last year. And it’s unclear whether the EPA will have the power to regulate greenhouse gases.
Hospitals, as places of healing, have a natural incentive to provide food that’s healthy for people and the environment and to be models for healthy eating. A poor diet is a risk factor for four of the leading six causes of death nationally: heart disease, stroke, diabetes and cancer. More than 75 percent of the $2 trillion the U.S. Continue Reading
In my more desperate hours, I sometimes wonder whether raising my physician voice is enough to foster change, to make the food system healthier and more sustainable.
IATP’s Shefali Sharma blogged from Cancun the day after the UN climate talks concluded.
IATP’s Steve Suppan is blogging from Cancún, Mexico where the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change is being negotiated.
When Obama visited India last week, saying India “has already emerged” as a power in Asia and globally, his compliments were loaded.
On Monday at the American Public Health Association (APHA) Annual meeting in Denver, researchers from Yale’s Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity released Fast Food FACTS (Food Advertising to Children and Teens Score). Continue Reading
In 2003, at an Integrated Pest Management (IPM) conference in Indianapolis, I presented a paper entitled “GMO’s and IPM: are they compatible?” One focus of the discussion centered on the question of whether GMO’s will increase or decrease pesticide use over time. Continue Reading