Action Report by Marisa Hendron, CAGJ Book Group coordinator See more photos in CAGJ’s facebook album! Check out our informational leaflet! FINAL FLYER On October 24, a dozen CAGJ volunteers and UFCW organizers celebrated US Food Day by distributing information about Wal-Mart to shoppers at Promenade 23, the retail center on 23rd Ave and South […]
Local Activists Celebrate National Food Day by Protesting a Possible New Wal-Mart Store In Seattle’s Central District
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 24, 2012 Contact: Heather Day, Cell: 206-724-2243, Email: [email protected] Concerned Seattle residents will raise neighborhood awareness about Wal-Mart’s negative impact on workers, tax-payers, community members, farmers and eaters. Oct 24, 2012 – Seattle, WA – To mark Food Day (October 24th)—a nationwide celebration and movement toward more healthy, affordable and sustainable […]
What Farm Bill Inaction Means for Farmers and Food Sovereignty
By Sara Mersha, reprinted from Grassroots International September 24th, 2012 The Farm Bill presented Congress with an opportunity to change some of the fundamental structures of our food system, by creating a farmer-owned reserve and establishing a price floor that reflects farmers’ true cost of production. It may not surprise many of us to know […]
Life Without a Farm Bill: What’s at Stake?
October 1st, 2012, By National Sustainable Agricultural Coalition As of today, our nation’s food and farm policy in the form of the 2008 Farm Bill has officially expired, with no workable replacement. There are many who see this as a better course of events than the passage of one of the new, admittedly imperfect, bills […]
Treaty Like It’s 1999: Connecting the Dots on Trade – From Japan, Raj Patel…
From Japan, Raj Patel on the expansion of the Trans-Pacific trade agreement and the homegrown battle to stop it. by Raj Patel posted May 25, 2012, Reprinted from Yes! Magazine Although it seems they fell out of fashion after the 1999 WTO protests, trade agreements are still being drafted. Every few months, urged by chambers […]
AGRA Watch challenges Gates Foundation’s claims to support agroecology, made in May 14, 2012 KUOW interview
On May 14, 2012, Roy Steiner, the Gates Foundation’s director for agricultural development, was interviewed on KUOW, Seattle’s NPR affiliate. In an interview focused on the Gates Foundation’s plans to combat hunger in Africa, Steiner spoke about the Foundation’s commitment to finding sustainable solutions for smallholder farmers, and funding projects supporting agroecological methods. AGRA Watch […]
What Farm Bill Inaction Means for Farmers and Food Sovereignty
Re-posted From Grassroots International By Sara Mersha The Farm Bill presented Congress with an opportunity to change some of the fundamental structures of our food system, by creating a farmer-owned reserve and establishing a price floor that reflects farmers’ true cost of production. It may not surprise many of us to know that Congress did […]
CAGJ’s New Book has arrived! Order it today from CAGJ!
About CAGJ’s Publication: “Our Food Our Right: Recipes for Food Justice” Our Food, Our Right: Recipes for Food Justice is a publication of the Food Justice Project of the Community Alliance for Global Justice. There are now two editions, combining hands-on tools for change with community recipes and political awareness to engage YOU in joining […]
AGRA Watch welcomes Lawrence Mkhaliphi, South African Food Sovereignty Activist
Thurs, Sept 13 7 – 9pm Location: Heather Day’s home (directions below); 403 29th Ave E Seattle, WA 98112. RSVPs appreciated to [email protected]. POTLUCK: please bring something to share if you are able! Call Heather for more info: 206-724-2243. CAGJ’s AGRA Watch project is excited to be working with IDEX to bring Lawrence Mkhaliphi to […]
The 2008 Farm Bill Expires September 30 – Will we get a new one for 2012?
By John Fawcett-Long, Steering Committee Member, Northwest Farm Bill Action Group (NWFBAG) The 2008 Farm Bill expires September 30, at the end of the federal fiscal year. The US Senate passed its version earlier this year and the House’s draft has stalled after an ugly bill was passed by the House Agriculture Committee. Find NWFBAG’s […]
