Free Film Screening with Co-Director Raj Patel! Co-Sponsored by 350Seattle Screening: 5:30 – 7PM Pacific Time Q&A with the co-director and co-producer Raj Patel: 7- 8 PM Pacific Time Free registration: https://bit.ly/3yjxs8E. Help publicize: Share the Facebook event hyperlink. About the film : “Anita Chitaya has a gift; she can help bring abundant food from […]
Category Archives: Agra Watch Blog Posts
Bill Gates and the Corporate Capture of Food Systems: Webinar Recap
On August 19th, Community Alliance for Global Justice / AGRA Watch and the Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa hosted a roundtable discussion to raise awareness about the powerful interests working to capture our global food systems. Watch the full recording here on CAGJ’s YouTube channel. Speakers highlighted Bill Gates’ and the Gates Foundation’s roles […]
AFSA Press Release: STOP FUNDING INDUSTRIAL AGRICULTURE IN AFRICA
AFRICA’S LARGEST CIVIL SOCIETY NETWORK CALLS ON WESTERN GOVERNMENTS AND PRIVATE FOUNDATIONS TO STOP FUNDING INDUSTRIAL AGRICULTURE IN AFRICA Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) does not speak for African small-scale farmers! Nairobi, September 2, 2021 Today the Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA), Africa’s largest civil society network, called on donors […]
Defend Seed Sovereignty, Resist UPOV!
By AGRA Watch Intern Camille Munro Civil society organizations and smallholder farmers around the world are boycotting the upcoming UN Food Systems Summit, which has privileged technocratic solutions and is poised to further consolidate corporate control over the food system–and over seeds. Already, four large multinational corporations–including Corteva (formerly DowDuPont), Bayer (formerly Bayer-Monsanto), and ChemChina […]
THURS 8/19 Webinar: How the Gates Foundation Sponsors the Corporate Capture of Global Food Systems
THURS Aug 19, 10-11:30am PDT How the Gates Foundation Sponsors the Corporate Capture of Global Food Systems A webinar co-hosted by Community Alliance for Global Justice and the Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa 10-11:30 AM PDT (1-2:30 PM EDT / 5 – 6:30 PM GMT / 8 – 9:30 PM EAT) Please register to […]
“Food security, or food slavery?” Faith leaders and farmers demand that the Gates Foundation stop funding industrial agriculture in Africa, and fund agroecology instead
Following the United Nations (UN) Food Systems Pre-Summit in Rome in July – a prequel to the upcoming Summit in New York, this September – faith communities from across Africa have been calling attention to the far-reaching consequences of current industrial agricultural models. On June 4th, the Southern African Faith Communities’ Institute (SAFCEI) sent an […]
Press Release: Hundreds of grassroots organizations to oppose the UN Food Systems Summit
Media contact Marion Girard, Media officer at the Civil Society and Indigenous Peoples’ Mechanism (CSM) for relations with the UN Committee on World Food Security (CFS) marion.girard.cisneros@csm4cfs.org Civil society and Indigenous Peoples’ organizations launch a global counter-mobilization against the UN Food Systems Pre-Summit from 25 to 28 July 2021 in Rome and online. Rome, Italy. […]
“Disarming Gates”: Participatory Theater at the Gates Foundation July 16, 2021
“Disarming Gates”: Participatory Theater at the Gates Foundation Global Action Against the United Nations Food Systems Summit #FoodSystems4People July 16, 2021 – Download the flyer! Did you know? Bill Gates controls more than just land, financial flows, and policy in the US and around the world–he and his foundation have amassed an enormous and undemocratic […]
FRI 7/16: “Disarming Gates” Action at Gates Foundation
FRI July 16, 12:00 – 1:00 PM PDT “Disarming Gates”: Participatory Theater at the Gates Foundation Global Action Against the United Nations Food Systems Summit Location: 440 5th Avenue, Seattle, WA 98109 Registration appreciated but not required. Help publicize: Share the Facebook event. On Friday, July 16th at 12pm, we invite you to join CAGJ/AGRA […]
Registration Now Open: Rise Up! Summer School 2021
Cultivating Care, Growing Movements CAGJ’s Rise Up! Summer School is a free, 3-month political education and leadership development program for community members, where we create space to collectively develop tools and analysis to strengthen the global food sovereignty movement. This year, we will dig into the root of movement building — creating more space for […]
