While we work nationally & internationally, IATP is deeply rooted in our home state of Minnesota and our city of Minneapolis, where we have been based since our founding nearly 40 years ago. Our community has been facing a surge of ICE violence. Here’s how you can help: www.iatp.org/ice-in-minne...

ICE just confronted us in our car saying it’s our first & final warning. There’s nothing illegal about driving your car safely on Stinson, Lowry, or any street in our community. They are purposefully surging at school get out times terrorizing our families. Ice needs to stay away from our kids.

Cruelty begets more cruelty. This action by Secretary Rollins isn’t about fraud, it looks to me like it’s about having people go hungry in the middle of winter because the administration doesn’t like Minnesota’s Governor.

IATP condemns the murder of Renee Nicole Good yesterday at the hands of ICE agents. ICE has brought chaos and violence to our city of Minneapolis and across the U.S. No one in our communities should have to endure this — regardless of citizenship status. We call for ICE to be abolished immediately.

One of my uncles was kidnapped by ICE yesterday. He was always there for my family and even helped my family afford my graduation party when I graduated college. 💔 Anything helps. ICE has no humanity. Hard workers literally being torn from their families. gofund.me/d84e22b46

For years, well over half of farmer applicants to a key farmer conservation cost-share program, the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP), have been turned away. Meanwhile, expensive and polluting practices have been eating up a disproportionate share of the program's dollars. (1/2)

📢 We’re hiring! NSAC seeks an experienced People & Culture professional to support HR operations & help foster a collaborative, dynamic workplace.📆 Apply by Friday, 1/9/2026🔗Job details & application: sustainableagriculture.net/about-us/jobs/ #JoinOurTeam #ApplyNow #SustainableAgriculture

The Trump administration announced a $12 billion farmer bailout package today, to compensate for diminished export markets caused by the administration’s chaotic trade policies. But this aid package is an inadequate response to a deeply broken agriculture economy. www.iatp.org/farmer-bailo...

Apart from Minnesota’s biting cold this week, one complication in Trump’s plan to deport Somalis from Minnesota through immigration enforcement is that the vast majority of Americans and Minnesotans of Somali descent are U.S. citizens, many of whom were born here.

Today is Giving Tuesday! With your support, we can keep building food systems that nourish kids, support farmers, and strengthen local economies. Join us with your gift on this global day of giving! ➡️ www.iatp.org/donate

This is a very good idea. Your list is probably a little different from someone else’s because our bodies & tolerances vary (ex: those of us with Raynaud’s 🥶). Find what works for your body and trips. It might take some fine tuning, but IMO it’s so worth it. Winter biking is awesome.

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

New today: at @ewgofficial.bsky.social, we just released our updated Conservation Database. We now have conservation funding by practice for multiple different conservation programs, down to the county level for most programs. Found over $31B went to farmers 2017-2024. www.ewg.org/news-insight...

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-...

The appropriations bill passed Wednesday contains several provisions that could impact the USDA’s plans to move staff and close field offices. buff.ly/5sIEEnW

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.

"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...

The shutdown, combined with loss of USDA staff under Sec Rollins, is making it hard for farmers to plan for next year. Tariff and trade uncertainty + no Farm Bill making it even harder. Government Shutdown, Trade Wars Hit Farmers' Bottom Line Hard dailyyonder.com/government-s...

Forrest Smith, the only National Park Service engineer cleaning up abandoned oil and gas wells, lost his contract, leaving 93 orphaned wells on park lands unmanaged. These leaking wells release methane and toxins, threatening human health and the environment.

California's Low Carbon Fuel Standard gives credits for biogas projects at large factory farms around the country. The credits subsidize some of the largest dairy and hog operations, incentivizing expansion. New map shows which farms are tapping CA credits. www.foodandwaterwatch.org/2025/10/28/n...

Timely opinion piece from Pasa Sustainable Ag via @LancasterFarming. The next #farmbill must rebuild trust between farmers & the federal government. Without that, policy won’t meet the real-world needs of producers. #AgriculturePolicy #sustainableag www.lancasterfarming.com/farming-news...

Are we living in a post Farm Bill world? We try to answer this question and more in our latest Q&A.

ICYMI - Among the many shutdown casualties is the Packers and Stockyards division. It's the latest blow to ag antitrust enforcement after USDA canceled its Farmer Seed Liaison cooperative agreement early last month.

We are #hiring! IATP is seeking a policy analyst with demonstrated expertise in agricultural finance, climate risk assessment, and farm policy to join either our Minneapolis, MN or our Washington D.C. office. Find the full job description and instructions to apply here: www.iatp.org/about/jobs-a...

Trump is certainly showing who he is to farmers and ranchers. Of course, ranchers don't set consumer prices - that's controlled by the big 4 companies (JBS/Tyson/Cargill/Natl Beef) that dominate the beef sector, several just settle price-fixing cases. www.cnbc.com/2025/10/22/t...

“Put America first”: GOP senators are fuming at Trump’s idea to import Argentinian beef to lower US prices. Lawmakers face blowback from angry ranchers who were already alarmed by Trump’s $40 billion bailout of Argentina — even as the country undercuts US soybean farmers over trade with China.

It's a risky time for farmers, and yet Republicans in Congress want to take away yet another income stream for farmers. The Conservation Reserve Program provides income for the farmer while keeping over 20 million acres' worth of grain off the market. Important in a time of low grain prices.

Trump's claim that he has a solution to higher beef prices has people wondering - is he talking about more imports? And who benefits from that approach? "Why is it that beef has to remain `affordable' at the cost of cow-calf operations?" www.dtnpf.com/agriculture/...

ICE kidnapped a 7th-grader with a pending asylum claim and spirited him out of state without notifying his parents, seemingly with the cooperation of the local police in Everett, MA. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...

I raise a few questions about McDonald's commitment to regen ag here. @nsac-sustainableag.bsky.social puts this initiative in context, including major cuts to #USDA staff managing programs that could help farmers. Great reporting by @clairek.bsky.social www.foodandpower.net/latest/mcdon...

🗞️The government shutdown is hurting farmers nationwide. Vital USDA services (loans, disaster aid, conservation funding, & food safety) are halted or at risk. Congress & the President must act now. Farmers can’t wait! Read NSAC's press comment: sustainableagriculture.net/blog/comment...

Toxic PFAS sludge is being spread on farmland, contaminating our food and water. EPA was set to take action, but a rider slipped into the Interior funding bill would stop that work cold. thenationaldesk.com/news/spotlig...

IATP is excited to be part of Farm Aid next week — if the festival can take place. We support Farm Aid's stance defending the rights of workers and hope the University of Minnesota comes to the bargaining table and the Farm Aid concert can go forward.

Nearly $50M in SARE grants, critical for farmer-led innovation & research, is still on hold, w/ just weeks before it’s set to expire. W/out action, over 500 farmers could lose out on support for sustainable, practical solutions. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025...

🚜Since Jan 2025, USDA has lost 18,000+ staff. A rushed reorganization would cost thousands more, threatening support for farmers, ranchers & rural communities nationwide. 📬Submit comments to USDA by Aug 31 to: [email protected].🔗Details #ontheblog: sustainableagriculture.net/blog/usda-st...

President Donald Trump revokes a Biden-era executive order that tasked the USDA and FTC with curbing consolidation across the food system to improve fairness and competition for farmers and consumers. buff.ly/SEhKKrB

Please save the date for Kansas Rural Center's Annual Food and Farm Conference. 🌻 This February 14th, 2026, our conference will be held at the Spring Hill Suites in Lawrence, Kansas.

Expect to see more of these types of stories. The mood was pretty dark in my visit to Minnesota's Farmfest this year. “You can’t sustain the losses. It’s going to force sales...It’s stressful, stressful. And it’s all related to the markets.” www.startribune.com/more-minneso...

🧵 The budget reconciliation bill passed by Republicans in Congress and signed by President Trump will increase hunger in America, risk closure of rural hospitals, and take resources from the bottom of the income ladder and give them to the top. (1/4)

More from us here, with a deep dive analysis coming soon: sustainableagriculture.net/blog/release...

The study showed that even a relatively brief pause in funding provided by Biden-era IRA legislation could push many farmers out of these conservation efforts entirely.

@michaelhapp.bsky.social : “There’s not been a lot of clarity. Some of the money has been released, but a lot of it still hasn’t. And there’s a lot of mixed messages coming from USDA, and farmers are getting frustrated and confused, understandably.” @iatp.bsky.social

Medicaid is a "silent lifeline" is a really powerful description of its role in the safety net for millions of people. It's not silent for those who rely on it, but for many Americans, Medicaid is an abstract concept, something for "other" people.

🚨NSAC responds to the Senate’s partisan reconciliation bill, which abandons farmers & rural communities by slashing key programs & increasing tax breaks for the few. “This is not a vote for farmers – it’s a vote to abandon them.”🔗 Read more: sustainableagriculture.net/blog/comment...

On JBS’ public listing today, and why it is bad: “They're the largest [meatpacker] in the world, the largest we've ever seen in the history of mankind,” Frerick said. “This will just make everything we've seen in the meat system just get worse.”

NEW: Today we are launching the Meat and Dairy Emissions Dashboard, a database of major meat and dairy companies’ climate-related risk and emissions reporting, featuring interactive graphics created using our open-source dataset. www.iatp.org/introducing-...

NEW: In FY2024, thousands more farmers were able to enroll in farm conservation programs, largely thanks to additional funding from the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). Our latest report digs into the data — and threats to this important progress. www.iatp.org/keep-the-doo...