Friday, March 16: A Global Day of Action – Shut Down Monsanto! In Seattle, 11AM – 1PM: Demand that Gates Foundation Sever all Ties to Monsanto Friday March 16 is an international day to bring attention to Monsanto’s countless bad deeds. There are over 1800 actions planned all over the world. In Seattle we’ll bring […]
Seattle Times Op-Ed: Bill Gates’ support of GM crops is wrong approach for Africa
AGRA Watch helped make this Op-Ed possible – One of our African colleagues, Glenn Ashton, became so incensed at Bill Gates’ recent annual letter that he worked with AGRA Watch to produce an Op Ed which we were able to get placed in the Seattle Times. This is probably the first occasion in which the […]
Next Book Group Meeting
Bringing it To the Table by Wendell Berry Details: Where: Marisa’s House (4725 5th Ave NE, 98105) When: March 28, 2012 at 6:30-8:30pm Bring something edible to share! Book Description: Only a farmer could delve so deeply into the origins of food, and only a writer of Wendell Berry’s caliber could convey it with such […]
Countering Corporate Propaganda About GMOs
Countering Corporate Propaganda About GMOS: an AGRA Watch Resource Many opinions are being put forward about the best way to address food security and food sovereignty for people in Africa. As we have watched extravagant claims about the efficacy of GMO technology for this problem— made by Industry( Monsanto, ADM, Bayer, etc), Government (USDA, US State […]
Eaters, beware: Walmart is taking over our food system
Reprinted from GRIST.org – Click HERE for article online! By Stacy Mitchell 30 Dec 2011 1:55 AM Yes it’s cheap but … (Photo by Walmart Stores.) Aubretia Edick has worked at a Walmart store in upstate New York for 11 years, but she won’t buy fresh food there. Bagged salads, she claims, are often past […]
Food Justice Urban Hike-a-thon!
SAT April 28 Hike 10am-3pm; Celebration at MLK Community Center 3-5pm! A fundraiser for the 2nd Edition of Our Food, Our Right Calling all urban hikers and teams! Register today! Have you ever wanted to explore parts of our foodshed, by foot? Want to check out some urban farm & food justice projects, take action […]
Worldwide Mobilizations Against Monsanto Continue
Worldwide Mobilizations Against Monsanto Continue, by Reid Mukai, CAGJ Co-Chair If we should accept corporations as persons under U.S. law as the 2010 Citizens United ruling argued, then Monsanto would be among the most psychopathic persons on the planet. There’s no other way to describe one who intentionally contaminates the environment and global food supply […]
UFW Solidarity Action Friday, Jan. 27
2PM March from Westlake Park (401 Pine St) to Darigold Headquarters (1130 Rainier Ave S) 3PM Rally @ Darigold Headquarters Transportation will be provided for those who need it. Dairy workers at the Ruby Ridge dairy, which provides milk for the Darigold company are going through hell and need your help. Workers have repeatedly tried […]
Jan 20 – NEW DATE: Happy Hour & Public Lecture: Food Movements Unite!
Eric Holt-Giménez, Editor and Food First Executive Director In case you missed the event with Eric Holt-Gimenez, you can hear him and Rosalinda Guillen speaking about their new book, Food Movements Unite: Strategies to Transform Our Food System on KUOW Their interview starts at 15:55. http://www.kuow.org/program.php?id=25725 Re-scheduled for FRIDAY, January 20, 2012! HAPPY HOUR […]
