IATP 2022 Annual report

2022 in Review
The war in Ukraine highlighted the fragility of the
industrialized, globalized food system and reinforced
the urgency of a transition to sustainable agroecological
practices that are less dependent on external inputs
and less vulnerable to the increasingly frequent
disruptions of a destabilized planet.
In September, for the first time since before the
pandemic, IATP gathered our board members, staff
and friends together in person for an open house and
panel discussion on how to better protect and promote
healthy, resilient food systems in the face of crisis the
world over. The most effective way to address multiple
ecological and socioeconomic crises simultaneously,
agroecology is also necessary to bring about just,
sustainable food system transformations to ensure
local and regional level food security across the world.
Throughout the year, with our partners, we continued
to take on the challenges of our food system at the
international, federal and state level, participating in the
global climate conference COP27 in Egypt, facilitating
an expanded Farm to School program in Minnesota,
and engaging with policymakers in the U.S. and E.U. on
agriculture, climate and regulatory policy.
The most effective way to address multiple ecological and socioeconomic crises
simultaneously, agroecology is also necessary to bring about just, sustainable food
system transformations to ensure local and regional level food security across the world.
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