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 […]
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AGRA Watch welcomes Lawrence Mkhaliphi, South African Food Sovereignty Activist
Thurs, Sept 13 7 – 9pm Location: Heather Day’s home (directions below); 403 29th Ave E Seattle, WA 98112. RSVPs appreciated to [email protected]. POTLUCK: please bring something to share if you are able! Call Heather for more info: 206-724-2243. CAGJ’s AGRA Watch project is excited to be working with IDEX to bring Lawrence Mkhaliphi to […]
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 […]
The Farm Bill works its way through Congress: Northwest Farm Bill Action Group Launches Campaign for a Fair Farm Bill
By John Fawcett-Long, NW Farm Bill Action Group Steering Committee Member The Senate Version – A Mixed Bag The Farm Bill has been actively under consideration by Congress the last few months. Congress is under pressure to do something as the current version expires on October 1. There also have been many calls for Congress […]
Trans-Pacific Partnership: Under Cover of Darkness, a Corporate Coup Is Underway
The highly secretive pact, dubbed “NAFTA on steroids,” is so invasive it would even limit how governments can spend tax dollars. By Lori Wallach, AlterNet /June 29, 2012 To read the article with its many embedded links, go to Alternet here! Have you heard about the small U.S. government agency engaged in years of closed-door […]
Report back from Rio+20 People’s Summit: “If they don’t let us dream, we won’t let them sleep”
By Dean Chahim, UW graduate, founder of Critical Development Forum, CAGJ volunteer who we supported in participating in the Rio+20 Summit with contacts. The official Rio+20 United Nations (UN) Conference on Sustainable Development and the simultaneous People’s Summit for Social and Environmental Justice (Cupula dos Povos para Justicia Social e Ambiental) had a surprising similarity […]
Kickstarter: Help CAGJ publish “Our Food, Our Right” for July 14 SLEE! Dinner!
CAGJ is super excited to be on the verge of publishing our 2nd book, “Our Food, Our Right: Recipes for Food Justice”, which will be the focus of the 6th annual SLEE dinner taking place July 14 – copies of the book will first be made available at the dinner, we’ll get to hear from […]
SAT June 2: CAGJ Community Feedback Session
Come help Community Alliance for Global Justice develop a popular education series! Saturday June 2nd, 1pm to 5pm, Location TBD Please RSVP by May 24th to reserve your spot – or if you have any questions – contact Laura Titzer, Food Justice Project Co-Chair: laura.titzer[at]gmail.com Community Alliance for Global Justice receives many requests from organizations, […]
April 17 is International Day of Peasant Struggle!
La Via Campesina, of which CAGJ is a member through the National Family Farm Coalition, calls for April 17 to be commemorated every year as the International Day of Peasant Struggle, to mark the massacre of 19 peasants struggling for land and justice in Brazil in 1996. Every year on that day actions take place […]
CAGJ Director Heather Day’s Speech at March 16, 2012 Action Protesting Gates Foundation’s ties to Monsanto
AGRA Watch is a campaign of CAGJ that since 2007 has been working in solidarity with multiple partners in Africa and in the US to pressure the Gates Foundation and their “Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa” – AGRA – to not work with Monsanto nor promote chemically based, industrial agriculture. Following the lead […]
