On October 12 – 15, 2015 CAGJ’s Director Heather Day and members Ross Kirshenbaum, Jenny McIntosh and Emma Shorr traveled to Iowa to participate in the 3rd national Assembly of the US Food Sovereignty Alliance, and to witness the Food Sovereignty Prize being awarded to the Federation of Southern Cooperatives and Black Fraternal Organization of […]
“Seedy Business”
In a recent report titled “Seedy Business: What Big Food is hiding with its slick PR campaign on GMOs,” Gary Ruskin, Executive Director of the U.S Right to Know, an organization that works to expose the failures of the corporate food system, outlined 15 things that Big Food is trying to hide from the public. […]
CAGJ Celebrates the Food Sovereignty Prize!
The 2015 Food Sovereignty Prize will be awarded on WED October 14 in Des Moines, Iowa, and CAGJ will be there to celebrate with the winners! Director Heather Day is traveling to Iowa with CAGJ activists Jenny McIntosh, Emma Shorr and Ross Kirshenbaum. The ceremony will be live-streamed, starting at 5pm PST – watch at […]
10/27: “Climate, Food and Race: Challenges for the Food Movement” – UW Talk by Eric Holt-Giménez, Director of Food First
Tuesday October 27, 7 – 9pm CAGJ Presents: “Climate, Food and Race: Challenges for the Food Movement” Talk given by Eric Holt-Giménez, Director of Food First/The Institute for Food and Development Policy Got Green? will speak about statewide organizing for climate justice in partnership with Communities of Color for Climate Justice!
Take Action for Farmworker Justice!
TEACH-OUT ACTION SHEET: Sept 19, 2015 Call PCC and Driscoll’s Headquarters PCC Business Office: 206-547-1222 Sample script: I’m calling because I am extremely concerned that PCC continues to sell Driscoll’s berries despite the fact that there is an ongoing labor dispute between farmworkers in Skagit Valley and Sakuma Brothers Farms. As Driscoll’s is the largest […]
Teach-Out Report: Familias Unidas por la Justicia & C2C
By Jenny McIntosh, CAGJ Volunteer For a list of excellent resources to learn more about farmworker justice, Familias Unidas and how to stay connected with the boycott movement, click here. Further details about how to take action can be found on the Familias Unidas website.
Resource List to support Familias Unidas por la Justicia
Stay connected with Familias Unidas por la Justicia Website – Watch the campaign unfold here with updates on the negotiations by the farmworkers. Facebook – Stay involved in boycott actions to support the farmworkers no matter where you live! You’ll see events and actions to take posted here. Boycott Sakuma Committee, Seattle Facebook – If […]
FRI 9/25: CAGJ HOUSE PARTY!
HELP SEND CAGJ LEADERS TO IOWA FOOD SOVEREIGNTY EVENTS! Friday Sept 25, 7-10pm $10 – $25 sliding scale donation at the door (no one turned away for lack of funds) Location: 41 Legs Urban Farm (Heather Day’s home) – 403 29th Ave E, Seattle 98112 RSVP to CAGJ CAGJ helped found the US Food Sovereignty […]
PRESS RELEASE: Black US Farmers, Honduran Afro-Indigenous Share Food Sovereignty Prize
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Des Moines, Iowa, United States – September 1, 2015 Black US Farmers, Honduran Afro-Indigenous Share Food Sovereignty Prize In this moment when it is vital to assert that Black lives matter, the U.S. Food Sovereignty Alliance honors Black and Afro-Indigenous farmers, fishermen, and stewards of ancestral lands and water. We especially commemorate […]
