By Reid Mukai, CAGJ Co-Chair After a two year undercover surveillance operation and an armed pre-dawn raid by U.S. Marshals one year ago, the feds finally got their man and shut down his operations. Their target was not an alleged terrorist mastermind nor drug warlord but Amish dairy farmer Dan Allgyer. His crime? Distributing harmless […]
CAGJ attends CFSC’s “Food Policy From Neighborhood to Nation” Conference in Portland, OR
By Chris Iberle, Food Justice Project Co-Chair On May 19-21st, 2011 I had the honor of attending the Community Food Security Coalition’s first policy-focused conference, bringing together food policymakers, food policy council participants, activists from varying sectors of the food movement, farmers, food workers, and experts on food policy for three days of learning and […]
June 11: 5th Annual SLEE Dinner
“Strengthening Local Economies, Everywhere” Saturday, June 11, 2011 Happy Hour 5:00 – 6:30 Dinner 6:30 – 9:30 Same great location: St. Demetrios Church in Montlake: 2100 Boyer Avenue East Buy your tickets now at Brown Paper Tickets! Sliding scale $40-$75: Please be generous in your support! We want to make this event accessible to everyone […]
MON 5/23 Food Justice: A Social Movement Takes Root
Join us for a dialogue with “Food Justice” co-author Robert Gottlieb Monday, May 23 · 7:00pm – 8:30pm – FREE Location: Architecture Hall at UW, on the corner of Grant Lane and Stevens Way, East of the intersection of 15th Ave. NE and NE 40th St. …What is food justice? How would we define it? […]
SAT May 14, Teach-Out! Seattle Youth Garden Works during Spring into Bed!
Teach-Out Work Party 10 am-2pm, Celebration at Pratt Park 3-6 pm! CAGJ is partnering with Seattle Youth Garden Works for our May Teach-Out as part of the 2nd annual County-wide garden-build, Spring Into Bed! Seattle Youth Garden Works, now housed at Seattle Tilth, empowers homeless and underserved youth through garden-based education and employment. At Seattle […]
Save USDA Conservation Programs – Act Now!
Please Act on this Alert from the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition. Save USDA Conservation Programs – Act Now! Protect the Water You Drink, Water You Need – Make a Call Washington Congressman Norm Dicks sits on the House subcommittee that decides agriculture funding levels. It’s important that you let him know you oppose cuts to farm […]
Sunday May 1 is May Day: March with CAGJ!
March for Immigrant Rights! We’re All Workers! Washington-Arizona-Wisconsin: The Same Struggle! 12:30 – Meet at corner of 20th & Jackson! March leaves from St. Mary’s Church at 1pm. Call Heather at 206-724-2243 if you can’t find contingent. 1:00: March with the CAGJ banner to Memorial Stadium (401 5th Ave. Seattle, WA 98109). Help make this […]
Thurs April 28: Art+Agriculture #2 w/ Novella Carpenter & okanomodé
Come out this Thursday April 28th at beautiful Washington Hall and support CAGJ on a panel discussion on the intersections of creativity and change! Click here to buy tickets from Brown Paper Tickets! Thursday April 28 7:00 PM Washington Hall 153 – 14th Ave tickets: $10/ $7 advance FEATURING NY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR NOVELLA CARPENTER (FARM […]
Build the Movement and Take Action for a Fair Farm Bill!
From Food and Water Watch: We’re Going to Have to Get Our Hands Dirty to Create a Better Food System! You can help build the momentum for fair food by signing the Fair Farm Bill Vision! This weekend hundreds of people will be involved in their local communities as part of our national day of […]
Bill Gates & the Future of GMO Agriculture
The move by Monsanto and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to forcibly introduce GMO agriculture into Africa in the name of food security has profound implications for malnutrition and hunger, the future of Africa, and ecological resilience everywhere. I have been curious about the mindset, the thinking behind this radical endorsement of an inherently […]
