CAGJ is very excited to announce that we are hiring for 2 positions this summer! CAGJ is hiring a 20 hour/week Organizing Director, and a 15 hour/week AGRA Watch Organizer. The primary responsibilities of CAGJ’s Organizing Director are to lead member recruitment and engagement, as well as communications. AGRA Watch is looking for a dynamic […]
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Sign CAGJ’s TPP Petition today! Goal of 500 signers by June
The Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) will undermine everything we are doing to build food sovereignty. This is why CAGJ is working closely with 350 Seattle and Washington Fair Trade Coalition to stop the TPP. We need to keep the pressure on if we are going to continue to prevent Obama from bringing the TPP to […]
Donate in May to help CAGJ earn $5,000 Matching Grant!
Sign-up/Renew your CAGJ Membership in May, and your gift will be DOUBLED Every year in the Spring we rally our community to support CAGJ by pledging money or time. In celebration of CAGJ’s 15th anniversary, your membership gift to CAGJ in May will go twice as far, helping us hire a second organizer to confront […]
APRIL is Membership Month!
April is Membership Month! Sign-up/Renew today and your gift will be DOUBLED April showers are here and so is our annual Membership Month! Membership Month is when we rally our community to support CAGJ by pledging money or time. In celebration of CAGJ’s 15th anniversary, your membership gift to CAGJ will go twice as far, […]
Huff Post: Yes, We Need No GMO Bananas
Our campaign is highlighted by our friends at Food First on Huffington Post in this great article co-written by our ISU student allies, Ahna Kruzic, Angie Carter and Rivka Fidel. Please comment at Huff Post and please share widely! Posted March 18, 2016 on Huffington Post by Eric Holt-Gimenez, with Ahna Kruzic, Angie Carter and […]
Groups Sue FDA Over Approval of Genetically Engineered Salmon
CAGJ is following this lawsuit closely! Brought by many of our partners, including Friends of the Earth, with whom we coordinated closely on our 2015 Costco campaign, it represents an important challenge to the FDA’s recent approval of GE salmon. By Center for Food Safety and Earthjustice | March 31, 2016 A broad coalition of […]
SAT March 12: Picket PCC with CAGJ
CAGJ invites you to join us on the picket line! Saturday March 12 10:00 am – 11:30 am Location: Columbia City PCC – 3610 S Edmunds St, Seattle, WA 98118 The Seattle Boycott Committee and CAGJ are holding an informational picket on Saturday March 12 in support of Familias Unidas por la Justicia at PCC […]
ISU Student Analysis: When a banana is much more than a banana
Originally posted to FOOD FIRST BLOG By Ahna Kruzic, Angie Carter and Rivka Fidel | 03.07.2016 The authors are currently graduate students at or recently graduated from Iowa State University. CAGJ’s AGRA Watch campaign coordinates closely with the students on our GM Banana campaign. Ames, Iowa – A recent controversy about an upcoming genetically engineered […]
