Research on Industrialized Farming and Community Well-Being: Public concern about the detrimental community impacts of industrialized farming is warranted, according to updated research conducted at the request of the State of North Dakota. The report, Industrialized Farming and Its Relationship to Community Well-Being: An Update of a 2000 Report by Linda Lobao, added the results of research from 2000 to 2006 to the findings of past research on industrialized farming--September 2006
Feeding the Factory Farm: Implicit Subsidies to the Broiler Chicken Industry: In a new paper from the Global Development and Environment Institute, Elanor Starmer, Aimee Witteman, and Timothy A. Wise focus on one group of winners - industrial, corporate-owned livestock production facilities. The researchers calculate the implicit subsidy to the broiler chicken industry from policies that drive down the prices of corn and soybean meal, the main components of industrial poultry feed--June 2006
Below Cost Feed Crops: Based on new research from Tufts University on the implicit subsidies to industrial animal factories from below-cost feed, IATP's Dennis Olson writes on how agribusiness firms reap major gains at the expense of U.S. farmers and taxpayers--June 2006
Food Without Thought: How U.S. Farm Policy Contributes to Obesity--March 2006
Identifying the Real Winners from U.S. Agricultural Policies by Timothy A. Wise--December 2005
APAC Report/Executive
Summaries
(304K PDF)
Questioning the Future of Dairy Policy: Are Large Dairy Farms Sustainable? by John Bunting--April 2004
Corporate Research Project:
Packer Ban Report
(114k PDF)
Corporate Research Project:
EQIP Report
Corporate Research Project:
Dairy Report
Public Citizen - Unfair Trade
Report
Towards Food
Sovereignty: Constructing an Alternative to the World Trade Organization’s
Agreement on Agriculture - 2003
(118K PDF)
