AGRA Watch challenges Gates Foundation’s claims to support agroecology, made in May 14, 2012 KUOW interview

On May 14, 2012, Roy Steiner, the Gates Foundation’s director for agricultural development, was interviewed on KUOW, Seattle’s NPR affiliate.  In an interview focused on the Gates Foundation’s plans to combat hunger in Africa, Steiner spoke about the Foundation’s commitment to finding sustainable solutions for smallholder farmers, and funding projects supporting agroecological methods. AGRA Watch […]

What Farm Bill Inaction Means for Farmers and Food Sovereignty

Re-posted From Grassroots International By Sara Mersha The Farm Bill presented Congress with an opportunity to change some of the fundamental structures of our food system, by creating a farmer-owned reserve and establishing a price floor that reflects farmers’ true cost of production. It may not surprise many of us to know that Congress did […]

CAGJ’s New Book has arrived! Order it today from CAGJ!

About CAGJ’s Publication: “Our Food Our Right: Recipes for Food Justice” Our Food, Our Right: Recipes for Food Justice is a publication of the Food Justice Project of the Community Alliance for Global Justice. There are now two editions, combining hands-on tools for change with community recipes and political awareness to engage YOU in joining […]

The 2008 Farm Bill Expires September 30 – Will we get a new one for 2012?

By John Fawcett-Long, Steering Committee Member, Northwest Farm Bill Action Group (NWFBAG) The 2008 Farm Bill expires September 30, at the end of the federal fiscal year.  The US Senate passed its version earlier this year and the House’s draft has stalled after an ugly bill was passed by the House Agriculture Committee.  Find NWFBAG’s […]

Educate & oppose the Trans Pacific Partnership – “NAFTA of the Pacific”

Trans Pacific Partnership FTA – TPP FTA Trade negotiators from the United States and eight other countries have been busily negotiating the Trans-Pacific Partnership Free Trade Agreement.  This currently includes Vietnam, Brunei Darussalam, Singapore, Malaysia, New Zealand, Australia, Peru and Chile, but is also intended as a “docking agreement” that other Pacific Rim countries would […]

Tell Congress Not to Let Agribusiness Write its Own Rules!

From the Center for Food Safety Tell Congress Not to Let Agribusiness Write its Own Rules on GE Crops On the heels of the “Monsanto rider” inserted into the House Agriculture Appropriations Bill a few weeks ago, the Agbiotech Industry’s latest ploy has hit the House Farm Bill in the form of multiple hidden changes […]

Teach-Out! with Grateful Food Farm at Viva Farms

Saturday, August 18 Meet at 9:30am at CAGJ office, travel to Skagit Valley for Teach-Out Return at 4pm, optional Happy Hour at Agua Verde Cafe! RSVP (required) and get more details at [email protected].  Full schedule below. Viva Farms is a project of GrowFood.org, an international non-profit dedicated to recruiting, training and capitalizing the next generation […]