We are still looking for more people to contribute to the Food Justice Project’s activist guide and recipe book! Our Food, Our Right is a community recipe book and activist resource guide that that promotes self-sufficiency and knowledge sharing, through a food sovereignty framework. The guide seeks to increase access to information on issues such […]
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Photos of SLEE 2009 Fair & Dinner!!
Thanks so much to everyone who came and supported CAGJ at our 2009 Strengthening Local Economies, Everywhere! Fair and Dinner! More photos are coming soon, here is just a taste…
Save the Date! Next Teach Out! October 24th
Next Teach Out! – Saturday October 24th: Visit Clean Greens Farm in Duvall! Save the date for the next event in our Teach Out! series – more details coming soon! For more information on Clean Greens Farm, click here. CAGJ’s Food Justice Project invites our members and others to learn about and build connections with […]
SEATTLE GETS $300,000 FOR COMMUNITY FOOD PROJECTS
Richard Conlin, Seattle City Council President August 6, 2009 SEATTLE GETS $300,000 FOR COMMUNITY FOOD PROJECTS In mid-July the US Department of Agriculture notified Seattle that we had been awarded a $300,000 grant to implement elements of the Local Food Action Initiative. The funds will all go to community-based organizations, with the City […]
Why Food Sovereignty Is the New Food Security
Published on Wednesday, August 12, 2009 by The Huffington Post Why Food Sovereignty Is the New Food Security http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/08/12-14 by Salena Tramel Most of us would agree that there is a serious problem vis-a-vis access to food in the developing world. According to the UN food agency, there are now more than one billion undernourished […]
August Recess ACTION NEEDED for Child Nutrition Reauthorization!
From the Community Food Security Coalition: Dear Friends, August is a GREAT Time to Advocate for Child Nutrition! August’s congressional recess (now through Labor Day) offers important opportunities for constituents to speak directly to and with lawmakers while they are home. Members of Congress often use this month-long break to take note of what is […]
CAGJ’s 5th Teach Out! – Vashon Island!
Join CAGJ’s Teach Out! Saturday September 5th: Visit Vashon Island Farms and Farmer’s Market! Teach Out! Engaging the Local Food Cycle! – Fifth Event! SATURDAY, September 5th: All Day, with optional camping component *Space is limited and RSVP REQUIRED! RSVP to Teresa at [email protected] Our visit to Vashon Island will begin with a stop to […]
Vote First, Eat Later: a critique of film “Food, Inc.”
The Huffington Post July 10, 2009 Vote First, Eat Later (Click here for link to article) by Susanne Freidberg The new documentary “Food, Inc.” is the latest exposé of corporate food that aims to get us mad, disgusted, and running for the farmers’ market. Even viewers who already knew about the sorry state of our […]
NY Times article on Will Allen, of Growing Power
New York Times – July 5, 2009 Like others in the so-called good-food movement, Will Allen, who is 60, asserts that our industrial food system is depleting soil, poisoning water, gobbling fossil fuels and stuffing us with bad calories. Like others, he advocates eating locally grown food. But to Allen, local doesn’t mean a rolling […]
Farmers Markets Create Community Connections
From Colors NW Magazine Farmers Markets Create Community Connections by Nicole Kidder Throughout much of the world, village markets not only play a crucial role in economic development, but they are also the social center of daily life. Although they do not play as important of a role in much of the developed world, farmers […]
