CAGJ Treasurer Job Description Posted 8.29.16: CAGJ is seeking to replace our Treasurer, a vital volunteer role in CAGJ that needs to be filled as soon as possible! The Treasurer is the chief financial officer of the organization, accountable to the Steering Committee. We ask for a minimum one-year commitment. The purpose of this position […]
Yearly Archives: 2016
Reflection on Hilltop Urban Gardens Teach-Out
By Afrin Sopariwala See more photos from Teach-Out on Facebook here! See HUG’s photos on Facebook here. Hilltop Urban Gardens is a revolutionary space. Located in Tacoma, and founded by Dean Jackson, Hilltop Urban Gardens (HUG) is a community urban garden that provides a healing space and aspires to food sovereignty for residents of the […]
PLEASE SIGN PETITION to PCC: Stop selling Driscoll’s Berries, they violate labor rights!
For years, farmworkers from Familias Unidas por la Justicia have demanded that PCC Natural Markets drop Driscoll’s berries and honor the boycott they have called for, but PCC continues to refuse. As FUJ has stated: “PCC Natural Markets can improve the work conditions of farmworkers when they boycott Driscoll’s”. Please take a moment to sign […]
Obama Signs Pro-Corporate GMO Labeling Law, Doesn’t Require GMOs to be Labeled
By Johanna Lundahl, AGRA Watch Intern and Blogger On July 29th, while the nation was digesting Hillary Clinton’s acceptance of the democratic nomination for President, President Obama quietly signed S.764, the first national GMO labeling bill, into law. The bill was signed with no fanfare and little National press. Seemingly the answer to anti-GMO activists’ […]
CAGJ & C2C to Host Food Sovereignty Prize; Ceremony SAT October 15!
CAGJ is very excited to announce that we will co-host the Food Sovereignty Prize ceremony in October 2016! Community to Community and Community Alliance for Global Justice will host the prize for the first time in the Northwest, welcoming the Prize Honorees, and our Alliance partners from across the country to Seattle and Bellingham for […]
Hilltop Urban Gardens Teach-Out
CAGJ had a fantastic Teach-Out with Hilltop Urban Gardens (HUG) in Tacoma, WA on SAT August 13, 2016. Stay tuned for a reflection about the Teach-Out, but please enjoy photos from our day of learning and working with Dean Jackson, of HUG on Facebook here! Visit HUG’s website here. We were incredibly inspired by the […]
Soil Fertility: Agro-Ecology and NOT the Green Revolution for Africa
The African Center for Biodiversity has released a new report about the effects of the Green Revolution. Unmistakably, interventions pushing for high tech solutions such as genetically modified seeds, increased pesticide use and increased use of synthetic fertilizers in Africa for enhancing soil fertility is a short term fix, and actually harmful in the long term.
Cover Crops: A Simple Solution to Degrading Soil Quality
Photo Credit: Food First Roland Bunch, a researcher and activist for Food First, published a report focused on fact that in Sub-Saharan Africa smallholder farmer’s lands have gotten smaller on average due to population increase and growing amounts of wasteland. This decrease in the size of farms has resulted in the decline of the practice […]
Smallholder support at the Crossroads: Diminishing returns from Green Revolution Seed and Fertilizer Subsidies and the Agro-Ecological Alternative
On April 30, 2016, The African Centre for Biodiversity (ACB) released a report on the the impacts of the Green Revolution on small-scale farming and related socio-ecological contexts. The research is part of a three year multi-country initiative that engages farmers, farmer associations, farmer support organizations, extension workers, scientists, donors, and government officials. Following initial […]
Taking A Stand for Small Farmers: Agroecology Learning Exchange
The Agroecology Fund and the Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA) hosted a learning exchange summit from May 10-13, 2016. Farmers and farmer advocates convened in Masaka, Uganda, with the collective vision to “amplify agroecology solutions.” Attendees documented the summit using the hashtag #AgroecologyVoices. The Agroecology Fund is a multi-donor fund committed to supporting […]
