Come hear nationally renowned author, researcher, publisher and farmer Dan Imhoff speak about the 2012 Farm Bill. Dan Imhoff is the author of two important books: CAFO: The Tragedy of Industrial Animal Factories and Food Fight: The Citizen’s Guide to a Food and Farm Bill. Tuesday, March 1, 7-9 pm Location: Architecture Hall, University of […]
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Making Hay is as Messy as Making Sausages: Deregulating GE Alfalfa
Making Hay is as Messy as Making Sausages: Deregulating GE Alfalfa By Phil Bereano Phil Bereano is a co-founder of AGRA Watch and also of the Washington Biotechnology Action Council; he has been active on issues of biotech policy since the early 1980s, locally, nationally and internationally. At the end of January, the Animal and […]
Central Co-op Teach-Out! Reflection
Teach-Out! Reflection Central Co-op, January 22, 2011, by Molly Woodring With a new logo and a return to its original name, Central Co-op has reached a point in its existence where it makes no bones about being a co-op. So although many of us may struggle to remember to use the name “Central Co-op” over […]
Jan 22 Teach Out! Central Co-op!
Teach Out! Engaging our Local Food Cycle AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN ABOUT A LOCAL CO-OP! Coordinated by the Food Justice Project of the Community Alliance for Global Justice First Event of 2011! Central Co-op Saturday, January 22nd, 10am-2pm CAGJ’s Food Justice Project invites you to join us in visiting Central Co-op, who has made CAGJ […]
AGRA WATCH PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE From Seattle to Cancun: International Coalition Calls on Gates Foundation for Real Solutions to Hunger and Climate Change December 7th, 2010 Contact: Janae Choquette, AGRA Watch, (425) 218-2213, [email protected] Anne Maina, African Biodiversity Network, (+52) 998 188 7412, [email protected] Seattle, WA – Today as thousands march in Cancun for climate justice, Seattle-based […]
Teach-Out reflection: GroundUP Organics & Creatives4Community
GroundUP Organics Teach-Out: Empowering Youth for a Greener Tomorrow For November’s Teach-out, we visited GroundUP Organics. GroundUP Organics is a flagship program of the larger, city-sponsored program Creatives4Community, or C4C. Both C4C and GroundUp Organics work to develop and train youth and young-adults in areas of urban ecology, green business and product management, civics and […]
Dec 1 Teach Out! Engaging our Local Food Cycle
Teach Out! Engaging our Local Food Cycle AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN ABOUT AND PARTICIPATE IN A LOCAL COMMUNITY KITCHEN Coordinated by the Food Justice Project of the Community Alliance for Global Justice Last Event of 2010! Rainier Family Community Kitchen Wednesday, December 1st (PLEASE NOTE CHANGED DATE!) 6:30-8:30pm at the Rainier Community Center Many low […]
Support Food Sovereignty and End Poverty by Giving Fair Trade for the Holidays!
CAGJ is proud to offer our Fair Trade for the Holidays fundraiser again this holiday season. There are many reasons to buy Fair Trade, and to buy gifts from CAGJ. Your purchases help CAGJ sustain our organizing for the coming year, and… …Give Nikki McClure Art, and support a local artist! …Give Fair Trade gifts from […]
CAGJ Member’s Reflections on 2010 Community Food Security Conference
Aubrey Jenkins: I had the opportunity to visit & volunteer at ‘Our School at Blair Grocery’ – one of the most innovative and inspiring home-schooling/after-school program I have ever heard about. Young farmers started the project interested in teaching sustainable agricultural skills to youth. Surrounded by abandoned homes and properties, a dilapidated grocery store in […]
Reflection on Teach-Out to Alleycat Acres
by Ashley Rumble, CAGJ Intern Each month Community Alliance for Global Justice (CAGJ) organizes “teach-outs”. Modeled after the “Teach-ins” of the sixties. Teach-outs aim to teach people about the sorts of things that may not necessarily be mainstream knowledge. The teach-outs are a program put on by the Food Justice Project. On Sunday, October 24, […]
