“Overall, what Trump has done is throw international markets into turmoil. And he’s created doubt in the minds of those who are importing U.S. commodities... that the U.S will not be reliable.” @foodresilience.bsky.social www.brownfieldagnews.com/news/iatp-bl...

The trade-off of a shrinking cattle herd: higher prices, lower emissions | IATP www.iatp.org/shrinking-ca... Despite recent USTR deal to access Aus beef markets, US ranchers not gearing up to increase herds. Nor should they. We need smaller herds, enforce competition rules, decent prices & lower GHG

At the starting line of EU budget negotiations | IATP www.iatp.org/starting-lin...

By me and the super-talented Ritia Liu How Trump’s anti-immigrant policies could collapse the US food industry - visualized www.theguardian.com/environment/...

🫰☕Feeling the pinch every time you buy a coffee? Blame hedge fund speculators. 💲"Hedge funds and other financial speculators were to blame for '80 per cent' of the surge in coffee prices that created 'unbelievable' volatility" according to Lavazza. www.ft.com/content/b5d7... #costofliving

🧵 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)

The 19 richest U.S. households saw a $1 trillion wealth increase in 2024, a rise that exceeds the size of Switzerland’s economy. These 19 households now control $2.6 trillion in wealth — almost as much wealth as the bottom 50% of American households. If this isn't an oligarchy, what is?

Join our team! 🌍IPES-Food is hiring a full-time Coordinator to help us lead action for sustainable and equitable #foodsystems. Based in #Brussels, working with global experts. Apply by May 23! ➡️ ipes-food.org/job/ipes-foo... #Hiring #Jobs #Brusselsjobs #Sustainability #JoinOurTeam

TPP and Trump tariffs both merit protest. Neither values decent jobs, prices pollution or protects natural resources. Neither addresses inequality. Neither offers anything to those still paying for ´90s trade deals. Tariffs may be more nonsensical but the future needs new rules and new measures

Which makes you wonder if the target is Harvard or the IRS. Indeed, porque no los dos?

A helpful guide to the current state of US trade policy:

"You boy! What tariff is it today?"

60 Minutes found no criminal record for 75% of the Venezuelan migrants the U.S. sent to a mega-prison in El Salvador. https://cbsn.ws/4lC4Vp5

Europe has a strong and diverse amateur entomology tradition. The U.S. does not. We have great efforts, but little national coordination. When institutional science collapses here, there is much less out there to catch what falls. The risk to the public immense: www.wired.com/story/usda-f...

‘The opportunity for price gouging or other forms of manipulation are high, per Errol Schweizer @grocerynerd.bsky.social, a veteran of the grocery industry who publishes The Checkout Grocery Update, a newsletter. “Consumers won’t know if things are priced correctly or they are getting ripped off.”’

important shift but also important that this is not *food specifically, but ag more widely. US exports vast amounts of low cost grain and oilseeds (+ fruit & veg to Canada; meat + feed to Mexico), & imports higher value processed foods, more fruit and veg, & booze. www.ers.usda.gov/data-product...

PRESS RELEASE: President Trump announced more extreme tariffs today, escalating a tariff war that will likely raise costs for farmers and increase food prices for consumers. @benlilliston.bsky.social @foodresilience.bsky.social www.iatp.org/trumps-tarif...

This. Plus the idea that richer countries help the poorest grow. The tariffs on exports from least-developed countries such as Cambodia and Laos are among the highest. It's not just callous. It encourages migration.

Interested in trade policy on "Liberation Day?" Here's a better way reading list. Featuring @wallachlori.bsky.social @theprospect.bsky.social + @foodresilience.bsky.social @iatp.bsky.social and more.

New from @foodresilience.bsky.social: Trump’s tariffs — with more to be announced tomorrow — are breaking trade relationships, raising prices for consumers and creating turmoil for farmers — at the same time as support for resilient domestic food systems is being slashed. www.iatp.org/tariff-mayhem

www.iatp.org/tariff-mayhem The government could have opted to use one of tariffs’ predictable dynamic effects: a bigger domestic market. Many U.S. farm organizations could support tariffs for fair market prices and more regional sales. But this threatens U.S. farmers with a big hit and no upside.

"If you are taking away export markets, increasing costs and gutting local food system efforts, it’s hard to see how farmers and rural communities don’t pay a price." @benlilliston.bsky.social

"The chaos the Trump Administration is creating through these tariff fights should spur new thinking about how trade policy could support a more resilient food and agriculture economy, one that focuses on people, community and the planet - not just multinational agribusiness firms."

Brilliant, unexpected and heretofore utterly unreported upon!! Dictionary.com open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

By threatening what he dubbed “secondary tariffs” on countries that buy oil from Venezuela to choke off its oil trade with other nations, Trump appeared to invent a new weapon of economic statecraft

Ten years I read about rockers that keep the spare Rolex wound since you only wear 1 at a time. Same paper covered fashion for couples to pay to seed clouds ahead of wedding to reduce chance of rain. While so many are still fighting for recognition from the state, power has passed to vandals.

Can anyone explain to me 1) whether (besides the SDNY lawsuit over climate data removed) anyone is suing on behalf of farmers 2) if not why not? Trump is bankrupting farmers. www.hppr.org/hppr-news/20...

#USDA's egg import strategy struggling.

May I strongly recommend European policy makers and pundits to read Keynes’s Economic Consequences of the Peace before pondering to slash the welfare state to build the warfare state.

The tariff shock will create an opportunity for sellers’ inflation 2.0. It functions like the pandemic cost shocks. There will be plenty of confusion on the part of consumers. Prices will rise promptly but inventories were bought at pre-tariff costs. This alone means windfalls.

For context: The ENTIRE population of this town is <2000 souls And they all kick ass en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waitsfi...

"Transparency."

Collectively, Mexico, Canada and China account for 48 percent of all forecasted 2025 U.S. farm sales abroad. www.mitchellrepublic.com/opinion/colu...

The Trump-Musk war on federal workers could hit rural America pretty hard.

This decision follows a lawsuit filed by the largest U.S. government workers' union and an association of foreign service workers.

USTR nominee Jamieson Greer’s Senate confirmation hearing is tomorrow. How does the Trump Administration plan to work with trade partners, and who will compensate the farmers and producers caught in the crossfire of reckless trade wars? @foodresilience.bsky.social www.iatp.org/three-questi...

"At least 1,000 USAID staff have had our .gov accounts...deactivated and wiped overnight with no advance communications," USAID worker tells me. "This includes colleagues deployed in active war zones like Ukraine and Gaza who rely on USG technology for safety." bsky.app/profile/kenk...

Targeted and intentional tariffs can be a tool for strengthening local industries within a global economy. Broad, sweeping tariffs disrupt trade relationships and will likely harm consumers in ways that are difficult to predict. www.iatp.org/trade-basics...

President Trump’s decision to enact broad tariffs on Canada and Mexico has thrown international relationships into turmoil and threatens farmers, consumers and our food system as a whole.

Read the full report here: www.iatp.org/new-paint-ol...

Our latest report digs into the climate strategies of 18 major agri-food companies and finds that these corporate climate plans will fail to deliver the transformative change needed for farmers, workers and the planet. Read the report: https://buff.ly/4jvul6u

calmatters.org/economy/2025... "Agriculture comprises about 10 percent of Kern County’s gross domestic product and undocumented workers may comprise half of the workforce, he said. And the Central Valley provides about a quarter of the United States’ food."

A note from our Executive Director @foodresilience.bsky.social on the incoming U.S. government, the challenges ahead and IATP’s continued commitment to our principles: www.iatp.org/note-incomin...

With Senate confirmation hearings expected to begin next week for Trump admin nominees, we are releasing a series of articles asking pointed questions about how they will address urgent challenges facing our climate & food systems. First up: EPA nominee Lee Zeldin. www.iatp.org/3-questions-...

This is, or should be, a big deal -- Ann Telnaes, an absolute legend, quitting WaPo due to censorship of a cartoon criticizing billionaires anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...

will be finishing a longer private credit funds paper when my children are occupied by someone other than me again Meanwhile ⬇️ lpeproject.org/blog/private...

Policymakers let the agriculture industry dictate disease response — the world may pay the price.

Live news: Mexico loses trade dispute with US over GM corn