CAGJ was excited to participate in Seattle’s March Against Monsanto rally at Westlake Park this past Saturday- May 23, 2015- to say NO to the terrible biotech/bigAgra models presented by Monsanto. Heather Day, CAGJ’s ED, spoke to the crowd about the strong ties between the Gates Foundation and Monsanto. From her speech, “ In 2010, […]
Yearly Archives: 2015
Special Food Justice Project Meeting: TPP Workshop & Roundtable
TUES May 19, 6:30 – 8:30 PM Central Coop’s Rochdale Room, 1900 E. Madison St. Seattle
FOEI: “who benefits from gm crops?”
In February, Friends of the Earth International (FOEI) released a report investigating the strategic efforts by the US government, its sponsored programs, funders such as the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and agribusiness giants such as Monsanto to force GM technologies on the African continent. While these powerful players claim that GM technologies are key […]
Join us on Aug 1 for CAGJ’s annual SLEE Dinner!
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Urgent CAGJ Call for Action: STOP Fast-Track!
NOW is the time to concretely connect our local, national and global struggles for food sovereignty! CAGJ came out of the 1999 WTO uprising. Today we must take action to guarantee another victory over corporate control of our global economy. Today, April 17, is La Via Campesina International Day of Peasant Struggle & today and […]
April is Membership Month!
Membership Month is when we ask our community to step up and support CAGJ by pledging money or time.
PRESS RELEASE: Gates Foundation Plots Ways of Profiting from Africa’s Seed Systems
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 23, 2015 Contact: Heather Day, Executive Director, Community Alliance for Global Justice, [email protected] Gates Foundation Plots Ways of Profiting from Africa’s Seed Systems Simultaneous Demonstrations in London and Seattle SEATTLE, WA — Today, Monday, March 23, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) and the United States Agency for International Development […]
PRESS ADVISORY: Simultaneous Demonstrations in Seattle and London Oppose Gates Foundation’s Secret Meeting about Seed Privatization in Africa
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 20, 2015 Contact: Heather Day, Executive Director, Community Alliance for Global Justice, [email protected] Simultaneous Demonstrations in Seattle and London Oppose Gates Foundation’s Secret Meeting about Seed Privatization in Africa SEATTLE, WA — On Monday, March 23, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) and the United States Agency for International […]
Bill and Melinda Gates Promoting the Use of GM Seeds in Africa
At the end of January, while responding to a question posed at an event in Brussels, the principals of the Gates Foundation promoted the use of GMO seeds to fight malnutrition in Africa. Melinda Gates outlined the success that she believes GMOs can have in overcoming drought, flood, and climate change. Bill Gates followed and […]
