Join us for Embracing LOVE in the Food System program, launching April 1!

CAGJ is pleased to announce we are co-hosting “Embracing LOVE in the Food System,” in April & May 2024, with Everyone’s Food Sovereignty Alliance Registration is required; please sign up here by March 29 What is “Embracing LOVE in the Food System”? Today’s food systems often treat food and its production process as if they […]

WED Dec 6: Tim Schwab on The Bill Gates Problem, Town Hall Seattle

CAGJ/AGRA Watch & Town Hall Seattle Present Author Tim Schwab: The Bill Gates Problem: Reckoning with the Myth of the Good Billionaire WED December 6, 7:30 – 9PM: Get your sliding-scale tickets In his new book The Bill Gates Problem: Reckoning with the Myth of the Good Billionaire, investigative journalist Tim Schwab finds that Bill […]

New AGRA Watch Report: Corporate-Led Climate Adaptation

New AGRA Watch Report:  “Corporate-Led Climate Adaptation: How the Gates Foundation, Microsoft, and AGRA are enabling the digital capture of African Food Systems” AGRA Watch has released a new report (15 pages) detailing the intersections between the Gates Foundation, Microsoft, and AGRA on digital agriculture in Africa. Featuring extensive research by AGRA Watch intern Emma […]

SLEE is this SAT, Oct 14! Volunteer and get in for free!

SAT October 14th, 5 – 9:30PM CAGJ’s 17th Annual SLEE! Dinner – Strengthening Local Economies, Everywhere! Location: St Demetrios Church, 2100 Boyer Ave E, Seattle, WA 98112 Volunteer at SLEE and get in for free! Volunteers make SLEE happen! We need folks to help with pick-ups next week, and for many roles at the event (registration, servers, […]

CAGJ went to Farm Aid! Featuring BlockCorporateSalmon

Thanks to generous funding from National Family Farm Coalition (of which we are a proud member), CAGJ Director Heather Day and Organizer noël lum recently attended Farm Aid 2023 in Noblesville, Indiana! Since 1985, Farm Aid has been held annually as a benefit concert to financially support family farms across the country. Over the long […]

2 Weeks to SLEE! Solidarity Tickets Available! Volunteers Get In Free!

SLEE IS ALMOST HERE! DID YOU GET YOUR TICKETS YET?  THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS! Central Co-op, Equal Exchange, Farmer Direct Organic, Friends of the Earth, Loki Fish Company, Madres Kitchen, New Roots Organics, Northwest Harvest, PCC Community Markets, Real Change, Social Justice Fund, UAW 4121, UFCW 3000 TICKETS: Purchase on CAGJ’s website! Sliding scale […]

4 Weeks to SLEE! Tickets on Sale + Call for Volunteers!

SLEE TICKETS ON SALE NOW! TICKETS: Purchase on CAGJ’s website! Sliding scale $40-$200: Please be generous in your support! We want to make this event accessible to everyone while also recognizing the need for us to raise crucial funds. Support a Farmer/Farmworker/Organizer: By purchasing a second ticket (at $50 or $100), you ensure that local […]

Report-back: AGRA Watch joins Pan-African Seed Conference

By Heather Day, CAGJ’s Director In August, AGRA Watch Co-Chair Bill Aal and I traveled to Dar es Salaam, Tanzania to participate in the 2nd Pan-African Seed Governance conference organized by AFSA (Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa). We’ve come home having learned so much about the battles farmers are facing in Africa, and the […]

Report-back: People Over Profit! NO TO APEC!

This weekend (July 29-30, 2023), CAGJ joined the rest of the PNW POP (People Over Profit) Coalition to bring attention to the beginning of the APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) meetings, taking place this month at the Seattle Convention Center. On Saturday, energy was high at the Peoples’ Summit, with over 400 in attendance! CAGJ gave […]

JULY 29-30: SEATTLE PEOPLES’ SUMMIT AGAINST APEC

CAGJ was founded by Seattle-area activists who helped to organize the historic shutdown of the World Trade Organization meeting in 1999. We strive to carry on the protests’ legacy of effective and creative collective action for global justice.  APEC is coming to Seattle! Register for the Peoples’ Summit: JULY 29-30 in SEATTLE WA Join us to […]