Taking Stock – 20 Years of GM Crops – 40 Years of ‘Genetic Engineering’ On December 1st and 2nd, AGRA Watch member Phil Bereano and CAGJ Organizing Director Simone Adler joined scientists from around the world for a conference held at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) in Mexico City to present where we […]
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“I woke up politically thanks to CAGJ” Please donate today
In the age of Trump, CAGJ needs your support now more than ever Hi CAGJ supporters! My name is Ross Kirshenbaum, I have co-chaired the Food Justice Project for nearly two years now. I first learned about CAGJ back in 2008 when my school, Seattle Central, was taken over by a Teach-In hosted by CAGJ, […]
Report on CAGJ Panel at UN Conference on Biodiversity
This is a report on the side event that CAGJ/AGRA Watch organized at the UN Conference on Biodiversity COP13 Negotiations on the Convention on Biological Diversity in Cancun, Mexico. The event, Biodiversity Under Threat: The Gates Foundation, Philanthrocapitalism and the Capture of African Agricultural Biodiversity, was sponsored by African Centre for Biodiversity, CAGJ/AGRA Watch, and […]
Biopiracy and Synthetic Biology at COP13: Industry Pressure and Civil Society Concern
This is the third in a series of blogs about the participation of CAGJ/AGRA Watch in the 2016 United Nations Conference on Biodiversity in Cancun, Mexico. Read the first blog: Convention on Biological Diversity: what is it and why do we participate? and the second blog: Negotiation and Dialogue at the UN Biodiversity Conference One […]
Negotiation and Dialogue at the UN Biodiversity Conference
This is the second in a series of blogs about the participation of CAGJ/AGRA Watch in the 2016 United Nations Conference on Biodiversity in Cancun, Mexico. Read the first blog: Convention on Biological Diversity: what is it and why do we participate? Beginning this past Sunday and going through December 17th, the two week United […]
Convention on Biological Diversity: what is it and why do we participate?
This is the first in a series of blogs about the participation of CAGJ/AGRA Watch in the 2016 United Nations Conference on Biodiversity in Cancun, Mexico. “Food sovereignty ensures that the right to use and manage lands, territories, waters, seeds, livestock and biodiversity are in the hands of those who produce the food” Declaration of […]
Report-back on 2016 Food Sovereignty Prize Ceremony and Encounter: Our Seeds of International Solidarity
See more photos of the week’s action and award ceremony on Facebook. Watch video of the Prize Ceremony from USFSA Facebook page – scroll down to the livestream on Oct 15. Watch the full video of the Ceremony on YouTube! Last week, representatives of over 20 organizations gathered in Seattle and Bellingham for several days […]
PRESS RELEASE: Food Sovereignty Prize Protest Ties Gates Foundation to World Food Prize
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FOOD SOVEREIGNTY PRIZE PROTEST TIES GATES FOUNDATION TO WORLD FOOD PRIZE OCT 12, 2016 SEATTLE, WA – Activists from around the world gather in Seattle this week to honor grassroots organizations and leaders in the food sovereignty movement. On Saturday, they will come together for the Food Sovereignty Prize, an alternative to […]
