The new U.S. Dietary Guidelines released earlier this year were roundly criticized by the agriculture sector and have now been attacked by more disinterested specialists in the British Medical Journal. Food Suffering Sovereignty A hodgepodge of small, populist groups (so-called civil society), which includes the Institute of Agriculture and Trade Policy (e.g., TTIP will worsen global warming), essentially charges that the Global Alliance for Climate Smart Agriculture is a giant, green-washing marketing exercise by Big Ag. Instead, they argue for greater recognition of "agroecology within a food and seed sovereignty framework." Because this demand is so outlandish, it has been mostly ignored.The Global Alliance has some fertilizer members,...
Key Market Insights The broad market is locked in on this week’s Trump-Xi meeting in Beijing, but this is no longer just a trade summit. Increasingly, the meeting is becoming tied directly to Iran, energy security, and the growing global economic fallout from disruptions through the Strai...
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Weighing in on strategic realignment
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