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 […]
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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 […]
SUN April 24: Teach-Out with Cascadian Edible Landscapes
Teach-Out: Engaging our Local Food Cycle! LEARN ABOUT AND WORK WITH AN INNOVATIVE URBAN GARDENING BUSINESS Coordinated by the Food Justice Project of the Community Alliance for Global Justice Sunday, April 24 11:00-3:00 Cascadian Edible Landscapes, whose motto is “Eat Your Yard” exists to transition our yards and blocks into edible gardens, landscapes, and neighborhood […]
April 2 Event: “We Are the Solution!” African Women Speak Out on Grassroots Solutions to Hunger and Poverty
FREE EVENT, 6:30 – 8:30 PM: AGRA Watch presents Fatou Batta, Groundswell International Co-coordinator for West Africa and member of the Strategic Steering Committee of the We Are the Solution! Campaign Location: University Friends Meeting, 4001 9th Ave NE, Seattle 98105, link to map here Please join us for an exciting evening with Fatou Batta […]
March 1: Dan Imhoff on Why the Farm Bill matters and what we can do about it!
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 […]
Seattle Farm Bill Principles Released
City Councilmember Richard Conlin just put out this press release, announcing the City of Seattle 2012 Farm Bill Principles, which CAGJ and many organizations we work with were a part of drafting. A great step in moving towards influencing a Food and Farm Bill in 2012 that supports people and the planet! FOR MORE INFORMATION […]
Call for Submissions to 2nd Edition of “OUR FOOD OUR RIGHT”!
Do you think about the importance of organic agriculture to the American food system? What it means to call someone a ‘foodie’? How food is produced world wide? In November of 2009 CAGJ’s Food Justice Project published “Our Food Our Right: Recipes for Food Justice”, a guide to our current food system. It was received so […]
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 […]
Coverage of AGRA Watch Press Release
On the event of the COP16 UN Climate Change Conference, and the huge demonstrations outside, AGRA Watch has put out a press release along with La Via Campesina North America calling on the Gates Foundation to support real solutions to hunger and climate change. You can read the whole press release here, and see what other writers […]
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 […]
