by CAGJ member Ross Doll China’s small-scale and subsistence household farms across the country are rapidly fading. For thousands of years the foundation of Chinese agriculture and a fixture of China’s vast countryside, they are now being replaced by the large-scale and mechanized operations so common in the Global North.1 Prominent Western and Chinese media […]
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Heather Day: Sustain CAGJ as a Beacon of Hope, Connection, Solidarity & Love
A message from CAGJ‘s Director, Heather Day Sustain CAGJ as a Beacon of Hope, Connection, Solidarity and Love Happy New Year to our beloved community! Reflecting on all that CAGJ has accomplished in 2021 makes me feel really proud. I have so much gratitude for everyone who has carried CAGJ through these really difficult times. […]
Rachel Hoversland: Help CAGJ Continue our Transformative Food Sovereignty Work
SPECIAL APPEAL from Rachel Hoversland Hi CAGJ Supporters! My name is Rachel Hoversland, this year’s Rise Up! Summer School Co-Coordinator and the Co-Chair of CAGJ’s Food Justice Project. I’m writing to you today to ask you to consider an end-of-year donation to help CAGJ continue our transformative food sovereignty work. Let me take a few […]
Ashley Fent: CAGJ builds solidarity from the ground up
You are invited! Join us SAT Dec 18 for CAGJ’s Holiday Party & Open Mic. Register to receive the Zoom link. More details below. SPECIAL APPEAL from Ashley Fent, AGRA Watch Researcher & Film-Maker Dear CAGJ Supporters, ‘Tis that time of year, and yes, I’m about to hit you up for money to support the amazing […]
Seed privatization threatens farmers in Africa–watch Rich Appetites Episode 2 (Seeds) now!
We are very excited to announce the release of the second episode of our short film series, Rich Appetites: How Big Philanthropy is Shaping the Future of Food in Africa! Watch now, on the film website and Vimeo! This episode exposes the Gates Foundation’s role in promoting laws that commercialize seeds in Africa and beyond, […]
Nutrition for Growth Summit 2021 – what growth, and for whom?
By guest author Helene Schmutzler The Nutrition for Growth Summit 2021 was a continuation of business-as-usual: the neoliberal capture of high-level political events to promote Western-led and finance-focused pseudo-solutions. The Nutrition for Growth (N4G) Summit took place on December 7-8, 2021, as the culminating event of the #NutritionYearofAction. The N4G Summit is an international, multi-stakeholder […]
How CAS Fellows are Discrediting Agroecology… and Failing at it
Image: CAS director Sarah Evanega (in “I <3 GMOs” shirt, front center) with government and agribusiness industry representatives By AGRA Watch intern Na Haby Stella Faye The mainstream media often portrays agroecological practices in a belittling way. At best, they are described as utopian; at worst, as damaging to the international economic system. This contributes […]
An End-of-Year Letter to our Members & Supporters + 2021 Accomplishments
Many of you will receive our end of year letter in the mail this week. If not, here is what you missed! Thank you for donating generously to CAGJ during this giving season, to help us continue to build the global food sovereignty movement! Dear CAGJ friends, In our 20th year, CAGJ is growing — […]
The More the Climate Changes, the More Everything Stays the Same: COP26 Advances Industrial Agriculture and Undermines Real Solutions
By AGRA Watch intern Camille Marie Munro The 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP261) is currently underway in Glasgow, Scotland. Although COP26 has been deemed a turning point for humanity and described by conference organizers as the “world’s best last chance to get runaway climate change under control,” not a single day of the […]
Land Workers of the World Unite! Food Sovereignty for Climate Justice Now! La Via Campesina Declaration Towards UN Climate COP 26 (Glasgow)
(Harare: 25 October 2021) It’s the most chaotic climate year on record, since last year, and corporate-controlled governments, transnationals, philanthropists, mainstream media and most non-governmental organizations (NGOs) are offering more of the same: market-based solutions and risky techno-fixes. Two years into a global pandemic that has taken the lives of untold millions, humanity wakes daily to […]
