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Activism & Organizations
- Cutting Through the Red Tape: A Resource Guide for Local Food Policy Practitioners & Organizers Food First Institute for Food and Development Policy, December 2011
- Food for Thought and Action: A Food Sovereignty Curriculum Grassroots International
Agroecology & Sustainable Agriculture
- Agroecology and the right to food United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to food, December 2010
- Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems University of California, Santa Cruz
- Future Harvest A Cheasapeake Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture
- Healthy Land, Sustainable Future Holistic Management International
Antitrust
- Addressing Concentration in Food Supply Chains: The Role of Competition Law in Tackling the Abuse of Buyer Power United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to food, December 2010
- The Economic Cost of Food Monopolies Food and Water Watch, November 2012
Climate Change
- Agriculture and Forestry in Climate Change: Adaptation Recommendations 25x25, April 2013
- Climate Change and Agriculture in the United States: Effects and Adaptation USDA Agricultural Research Service, February 2013
- Effects of Climatic Variability and Change on Forest Ecosystems: A Comprehensive Science Synthesis for the U.S. Forest Sector USDA Forest Service, December 2012
Conservation
- Conservation Programs USDA Economic Research Service
- Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service
- Natural Resources and Environment USDA Economic Research Service
- Summary and Evolution of U. S. Farm Bill Conservation Titles National Agricultural Law Center
- The National Rivers and Streams Assessment 2008-2009: A Collaborative Survey US Environmental Protection Agency, March 2013
- The Power of Leveraging Local and Federal Dollars to Strengthen Agricultural Land Easement Investments Land Trust Alliance, 2012
- Water Conservation in Irrigated Agriculture: Trends and Challenges in the Face of Emerging Demands USDA Economic Research Service, September 2012
Crop Insurance
- A Risky Proposition: Crop Insurance in the Face of Climate Change Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy
- Changing Farm Structure and the Distribution of Farm Payments and Federal Crop Insurance USDA Economic Research Service, February 2012
- CROP INSURANCE: Savings Would Result from Program Changes and Greater Use of Data Mining US Government Accountability Office, March 2012
- Credit, Crop Insurance and Sustainable Agriculture in Iowa Center for Rural Affairs, Iowa Farmers Union and the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture, August 2011
- Farm Safety Net Proposals for the 2012 Farm Bill Congressional Research Service, October 2011
- Identifying Overlap in the Farm Safety Net USDA Economic Research Service, November 2011
Dairy
Energy
- Bioenergy and Biofuels: Opportunities and Constraints International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science and Technology for Development (IAASTD)
- Hydraulic Fracturing & Water Stress: Growing Competitive Pressures for Water A research paper analyzing water use in hydraulic fracturing operations in the United States by Ceres
Food Aid
- INTERNATIONAL FOOD ASSISTANCE: Funding Development Projects through the Purchase, Shipment, and Sale of U.S. Commodities Is Inefficient and Can Cause Adverse Market Impacts US Government Accountability Office, June 2011
- INTERNATIONAL FOOD ASSISTANCE: Local and Regional Procurement Can Enhance the Efficiency of U.S. Food Aid, but Challenges May Constrain Its Implementation US Government Accountability Office, May 2009
- The Future of Food Assistance: US Food Aid Reform fact sheet US Agency for International Development
- The Value of Food Aid Monetization: Benefits, Risks and Best Practices Informal Economics, prepared for the Alliance for Global Food Security, November 2012
- US Maritime Letter to House Appropriations Committee USA Maritime Board of Directors, March 2013
- US Maritime Letter to Senate Agriculture Appropriations Committee USA Maritime Board of Directors, February 2013
Gender
- Fact Sheet: Gender, Nutrition, and Agriculture Bread for the World, The Hunger Project, 8 March 2010
- Gender and Nutrition Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Injustice on our Plates: Immigrant Women in the U.S. Food Industry Southern Poverty Law Center, 2010
- Stop the Violence Against Women! La Via Campesina, 18 September 2012
- Women and Food Soverignty: Voices of Rural Women of the South Friends of the Earth International, July 2011
- Women, Food Security, and Agriculture in a Global Marketplace International Center for Research on Women, 2008
- Women's rights and the right to food United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to food, December 2012
Labor
- Declaration of Rights of Peasants - Women and Men La Via Campesina, March 2009
- Immigrant Workers in the U.S. Food System fact sheet Food First Institute for Food and Development Policy
- Inventory of Farmworker Issues and Protections in the United States Bon Appétit Management Company Foundation, United Farm Workers, March 2011
- No Way to Treat a Guest: Why the H2-A Agricultural Visa Program Fails U.S. and Foreign Workers Farmworker Justice
- Slavery in the Fields and the Food We Eat Coalition of Immokalee Workers
Land
- Acquiring Land Abroad for Agricultural Purposes: "Land Grab" or Agri-FDI? Surrey International Law Centre and Environmental Regulatory Research Group, March 2011
- Harvesting Money & The Global Land Grab Food First Institute for Food and Development Policy
- Land Grab Monitor An interactive map and story collaboration by National Family Farm Coalition
- Land Grabs vs. Land Sovereignty backgrounder Food First Institute for Food and Development Policy, Winter 2012-13
- Land Reform and the Right to Food United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, August 2010
- Large-scale land acquisitions and leases: A set of minimum principles and measures to address the human rights challenge United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to food, December 2009
- (Mis)investment in Agriculture: The Role of the International Finance Corporation in Global Land Grabs Oakland Institute, 2010
- Opening Pandoras Box: The New Wave of Land Grabbing by the Extractive Industries and the Devastating Impact on Earth Gaia Foundation, 2012
- Pitfalls and Pipelines: Indigenous Peoples and Extractive Industries Tebtebba Foundation and International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs, 2012
- The Great Land Grab: Rush for World's Farmland Threatens Food Security for the Poor Oakland Institute, 2009
- U.S. Farmland: The Next Big Land Grab? National Family Farm Coalition, May 2012
Local and Regional Food Systems
- Direct and Intermediated Marketing of Local Foods in the United States USDA Economic Research Service, November 2011
- Everyone at the Table: Local Foods and the Farm Bill Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy
Right to Food and Food Sovereignty
- Food Security, Food Justice or Food Sovereignty? Food First Institute for Food and Development Policy, Winter 2010
- Food Sovereignty In Africa: A Challenge at Fingertips La Via Campesina, January 2008
- Towards Food Sovereignty: Reclaiming Autonomous Food Systems International Institute for Environment and Development, 27 January 2010
Seed Sovereignty and Agrobiodiversity
Trade
- Business as Usual is Not an Option: Trade and Markets International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science and Technology for Development (IAASTD)
- Comments Concerning the Propose Trasatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership Center for Food Ssafety
- FAOSTAT Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Global Grocer Food & Water Watch
- Guiding principles on human rights impact assessments of trade and investment agreements United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to food, December 2011
- Transatlantic Trade and Invetsment PartnershipOffice of the US Trade Representative
- Proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP): In Brief Congressional Research Service
- Promises and Perils of the TTIP: Negotiating a Transatlantic Agricultural MarketInstitute for Agricultural and Trade Policy
- The World Trade Organization and the Post-Global Food Crisis Agenda Putting Food Security First in the International Trade System United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to food, November 2011
- Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) European Commission
US Farm Bill
- Agriculture at a Crossroads Synthesis Report International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science and Technology for Development (ISTAAD), 2009
- Farm Bill Budget Visualizer Johns Hopkins University, Center for a Livable Future
- Farm Subsidy Database Environmental Working Group
- Summary for Decision Makers of the North America and Europe (NAE) Report International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science and Technology for Development, 2009
- United States Farm Bills National Agricultural Law Center
- United States Farm Bill 2012: What's At Stake? Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy