Friday Dec 13th, 6 – 9pm YOU ARE INVITED TO CAGJ’s Annual Holiday Soiree! ALL ARE WELCOME Location: Bobby & Michael Righi’s home, 6002 Fremont Ave, Seattle (Greenwood neighborhood). RSVPs appreciated but not required: [email protected] The Holiday Party is a CAGJ tradition to say THANK YOU to our amazing volunteers, and to introduce new people […]
CAGJ is hiring Organizing Director (part-time)
CAGJ Organizing Director Job Description Application Due: Friday, November 15th, 2013 Location: Seattle, WA Start Date: Jan 6, 2014 Salary: 15 – 18K for 20 hours/week, depending on experience About CAGJ: CAGJ is a volunteer led, membership-based organization founded in 2001 by Seattle-area activists who helped to organize the historic shutdown of the World Trade Organization […]
Reportback: Co-Founder of Biosafety Alliance Speaks in Seattle
Miguel Robles, co-founder of the Biosafety Alliance and Field Organizer for Proposition 37 to label GE Foods in California, visited Seattle in October to support Initiative 522 to label GE (genetically engineered) foods in Washington. On October 12, Mr. Robles spoke on “Traditional Foods of the Americas: Why I-522 & Labeling Genetically Engineered Food Matters!” […]
Report Back: Oct 19 Duwamish River Teach-Out!
By Darcy Buendia The T-107 public access site of the Duwamish river is a refreshingly green oasis within Seattle’s industrial district, and I would never have known, without being told, that this oasis only exists thanks to countless volunteer hours put in over the course of years. Scores of volunteers were here this morning to […]
Sermon for 2013 World Food Day: A Jewish perspective on GMO labeling, by Phil Bereano
Phil Bereano is on CAGJ’s Advisory Board and is an active member of AGRA Watch. He recently gave this sermon on an issue CAGJ is involved in. Today your ballots probably arrived, and one of the questions we are called upon to consider involved GE foods. This past Wednesday was the UN’s World Food Day, […]
Food Injustice through International Trade
By Vanessa Lopez, CAGJ Food Justice Project Volunteer It isn’t a mistake that the average person knows next to nothing about the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP). It’s a secret trade agreement being negotiated by several countries in the Pacific Rim based on investor interests, unbalanced power dynamics, and corporate values. If the TPP is enacted, […]
CAGJ is hiring part-time Organizing Director!
CAGJ Organizing Director Job Description Application Due: Friday, November 15th, 2013 Location: Seattle, WA Start Date: Jan 6, 2014 Salary: 15 – 18K for 20 hours/week, depending on experience About CAGJ: CAGJ is a volunteer led, membership-based organization founded in 2001 by Seattle-area activists who helped to organize the historic shutdown of the World Trade Organization […]
Vote YES on I-522!
Please share this info to counter the onslaught of misinformation big business is putting out about labeling! VOTE YES ON 522! Click here for more organizing resources, including social media and email avatars. Thank you! I522’s exemptions were carefully crafted to be in compliance with federal and international laws. It ensures that our exports will […]
The Real Food Prize – Small Farms, Not Monsanto, Are Key to Global Food Security
Reprinted from Union of Concerned Scientists Blog Doug Gurian-Sherman, senior scientist, Food and Environment October 17, 2013 In the land of humongous farms, the critical importance of small farms for food security is a counterintuitive message. But if we look at what most of the largest farms are growing in the U.S. Midwest, or Argentina […]
Sat Oct 19: Teach-Out! Join Duwamish Alive for healthy waterways and fishing rights!
Sat Oct 19, 2013 9:30am – 3:00pm Teach-Out: Join Duwamish Alive for healthy waterways and fishing rights! Join CAGJ’s Food Justice Project as we join Duwamish Alive, an organization working in the Duwamish River watershed to preserve and enhance habitat for people and wildlife, towards improving the health of Puget Sound. We will volunteer, and […]