March 2014, World Development Movement(WDM) campaigners(above, below) dressed as business people from Monsanto, Diageo, SABMiller and Unilever delivered a cake to the Department For International Development to “thank” the UK government for its support in allowing them to carve up Africa. In early June the EU Parliament voted to accept a report put out […]
Category Archives: Agra Watch Blog Posts
Thank you for a fabulous SLEE!
The 2016 SLEE Dinner was fantastic! Thank you to Anuradha Mittal for an amazing and inspiring keynote – You can watch it here! See photos from the dinner on Facebook here. Thank you to all the volunteers! Thank you to all of the farms, food producers and businesses that donated! Thank you to everyone who […]
CAGJ is hiring this summer
CAGJ is very excited to announce that we are hiring for 2 positions this summer! CAGJ is hiring a 20 hour/week Organizing Director, and a 15 hour/week AGRA Watch Organizer. The primary responsibilities of CAGJ’s Organizing Director are to lead member recruitment and engagement, as well as communications. AGRA Watch is looking for a dynamic […]
Donate in May to help CAGJ earn $5,000 Matching Grant!
Sign-up/Renew your CAGJ Membership in May, and your gift will be DOUBLED Every year in the Spring we rally our community to support CAGJ by pledging money or time. In celebration of CAGJ’s 15th anniversary, your membership gift to CAGJ in May will go twice as far, helping us hire a second organizer to confront […]
Huff Post: Yes, We Need No GMO Bananas
Our campaign is highlighted by our friends at Food First on Huffington Post in this great article co-written by our ISU student allies, Ahna Kruzic, Angie Carter and Rivka Fidel. Please comment at Huff Post and please share widely! Posted March 18, 2016 on Huffington Post by Eric Holt-Gimenez, with Ahna Kruzic, Angie Carter and […]
ISU Student Analysis: When a banana is much more than a banana
Originally posted to FOOD FIRST BLOG By Ahna Kruzic, Angie Carter and Rivka Fidel | 03.07.2016 The authors are currently graduate students at or recently graduated from Iowa State University. CAGJ’s AGRA Watch campaign coordinates closely with the students on our GM Banana campaign. Ames, Iowa – A recent controversy about an upcoming genetically engineered […]
Berta Cáceres, Presente!
It is with a heavy heart that we share the devastating news of the assassination last night of Berta Cáceres, Honduran indigenous leader and winner of the 2015 Goldman Prize and Romero Prize. CAGJ hosted part of her visit to Seattle in November, with Miriam Miranda, whose organization, Honduran Black Fraternal Organization (OFRANEH), won the […]
AGRA Watch Action Report: Petition signed by over 57,000 delivered to Gates Foundation and ISU
February 15, 2016: Petition calling for halt of GMO banana human trials delivered to Gates Foundation and Iowa State University Photos -See professional photographer Jonathan Lee’s photos on Facebook here. -See CAGJ’s photos on Facebook here. Pictured in photo: Emma Shorr, Bill Aal and Phil Bereano of AGRA Watch deliver petitions to Gates Foundation. Photo […]
AGRA WATCH PRESS RELEASE: Over 57,000 Express Concern with Human Feeding Trials of GMO Bananas
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Ames Contact: Hannah Dankbar 515-867-1731 Seattle Contact: Heather Day 206-724-2243 Salk Institute Contact: David Schubert 858-453-4100 x1528 Over 57,000 Express Concern with Human Feeding Trials of GMO Bananas Simultaneous demonstrations in Ames and Seattle highlight controversy surrounding Gates Foundation-funded Transgenic Banana Study at Iowa State University Ames, IA and Seattle, WA: On […]
