JBS is the largest meat company in the world. While headquartered in Brazil, it has over 450 facilities and offices in more than 20 countries. The company’s latest financial report touts its global ...

Brazil is the world’s leading exporter of soybeans, the second largest exporter of maize and the world’s largest beef trader. It has overtaken the United States in becoming the biggest exporter of ...

This report takes a close look at the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP), a farmer-focused conservation cost-share program run by the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) of the ...

Poultry meat and eggs were not traditionally an important part of the Chinese diet. They were considered luxury goods for consumption on special occasions. Over the past three decades, however, ...

Climate mitigation projects in the agriculture sector, particularly those focused on storing carbon in soils, are increasingly being tied to carbon markets. But the impact of these initiatives is ...

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This report uses data and a methodology which are described here. Our estimates were based on the best publicly available information at the time of our research. JBS has now provided a response which ...

The latest United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) greenhouse gas data reaffirms the role of factory farms in driving up the agriculture sector’s emissions. In particular, methane ...

For over a decade, IATP has been a leader in the Farm to Institution movement. With the goal of supporting the vitality of small- and mid-size farmers, we find innovative approaches to increase the ...

Agricultural commodity exports are driving deforestation around the world, spurred by consumer demand and directed by enormous agribusiness and finance interests. Existing trade rules are intended to ...

The landscape of corporate climate-related disclosure — which includes reporting on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, climate risks, and measures taken in response — is changing rapidly. A few years ago ...

Agricultural “dumping” – the practice of exporting commodities at prices below the cost of production -- can be devastating for farmers in importing countries, especially in low-income countries with ...