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New data from GRAIN show large-scale tree and crop planting projects for #carbon offsets are fuelling a new #landgrab in the global South. Over 9.1 million hectares, mostly in Africa, are at risk. See details: grain.org/e/7190 Tim Schwab Chris Lang is not here

👀 NEW: Listen to the trailer for our upcoming podcast series, produced for the Campaign for Family Farms and the Environment! How to Fight a Factory Farm premieres October 2 on all major podcast platforms. 🔊 iatp.org/introducing-fi…

The U.N.’s Summit of the Future, happening September 22-23, is an important opportunity for world leaders to address failures of global governance in meeting SDGs. But the summit’s agenda is missing an essential piece: limiting corporate power. iatp.org/balancing-powe…

NEW: With time running out to pass a 2024 Farm Bill before the Sept. 30 deadline, Congress is leaving money on the table if they do not pass a bill that equitably incorporates IRA funding for climate resilience. iatp.org/another-year-w…

I'm at the Industrial Farm Animal Production, the Environment, and Public Health Conference at Drake U in Des Moines, sponsored by the Harkin Center and Livable Future (my employer). I'll be live-tweeting like it's 2014.

Serious allegations against global meat giant JBS on treatment of workers at Greeley CO plant.

Started the day off with a conversation about sustainable agriculture and young farmers with Friends of the Mississippi River and Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP).

🔊NEW: Over the past few decades, U.S. farm policy has helped factory farms take over the livestock industry. Independent family farmers & rural organizers are fighting back. Listen to the first episode of our new podcast series today! iatp.org/fight-factory-…

As members of the Campaign for Family Farms and the Environment, we’re excited to share a new podcast series on CAFOs and their impacts. Listen to the first episode of How to Fight a Factory Farm, featuring our Senior Food Policy Analyst Rebecca Wolf: iatp.org/fight-factory-…

Iowa CCI is part of the Campaign for Family Farms and the Environment. Together, we created a four-episode podcast, ‘How to Fight a Factory Farm’. Ep. 1 dropped yesterday and features CCI’s Barb Kalbach and Hugh Espey. Rate, review and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts!

Over the years, U.S. farm policy has helped #factoryfarms take over the livestock industry & rural communities. Family farmers have paid the price. Learn more in a brand new podcast series: How to Fight a Factory Farm. iatp.org/fight-factory-… Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) Iowa CCI Land Stewardship Project Food & Water Watch

Big meat &dairy companies have spun a powerful narrative that factory farms are in the best interest of American farmers. Policymakers need to hear the reality: Factory farms harm farmers, the environment & rural communities. Our latest from @benlilliston: iatp.org/speaking-facto…

NEW PODCAST from our friends at Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP), Food & Water Watch, Land Stewardship Project, Dakota Rural Action, Iowa CCI, and MRCC: iatp.org/fight-factory-…

NEW: While policies like the contested EUDR attempt to slow deforestation in places like Peru, trade liberalization has created pressures in the opposite direction, spurring a massive increase in agricultural exports & lowering environmental standards. iatp.org/protecting-per…

NEW: What does it mean to get big or get out? In Episode Two of How to Fight a Factory Farm, hear about some of the economic consequences of the vertically-integrated, corporate-controlled CAFO system, and the price we pay for factory farms. 🔊Listen now: iatp.org/fight-factory-…

Our friends @iatp just released the next podcast in their new series, “How to Fight a Factory Farm.” Hear from the Missouri Rural Crisis Center and Iowa CCI about how Big Ag is putting family-scale farms out of business and trapping farmers in debt: iatp.org/fight-factory-…

AMS has issued an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) seeking public comment on several possible interventions to develop new benchmarks such as Alternative Marketing Arrangements (AMA) base prices and approaches to trading when using benchmarks. ams.usda.gov/content/price-…

The third episode of our new podcast series is now live! In South Dakota, Iowa and all across factory farm country, communities are organizing to block the expansion of CAFOs. How do you fight a factory farm? People power. 🔊Listen now: iatp.org/fight-factory-…

The third episode of How to Fight a Factory Farm is out! Have a listen and learn from Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP), Dakota Rural Action and Iowa CCI on how they stopped CAFOs from being built near their homes. Here's to people power fighting back against Big Ag! iatp.org/fight-factory-…

Want to end your week on a hopeful note? Listen to Episode Three of our #podcast How to Fight a Factory Farm, featuring stories from South Dakota and Iowa of everyday people organizing and winning against factory farms. 🔊 iatp.org/fight-factory-…