By Community Alliance for Global Justice / AGRA Watch & A Growing Culture Today, we see a lot of prominent people in the Global North pitching solutions to the world’s problems. They claim that their business savvy, resources, and influence are exactly what’s missing in the quest to save humanity from poverty, hunger, and illness. […]
Category Archives: Agra Watch Blog Posts
“Back off, AGRA!” Civil society calls on donors to defund AGRA in Sept. press conference
On September 2, the Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA) held a virtual press conference calling on donors to defund the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), leading up to AGRA’s African Green Revolution Forum. Speakers also called on the Gates Foundation and other AGRA donors to respond to letters AFSA first […]
CAGJ’s SLEE Gala is SAT Oct 9 with Raj Patel
This year’s virtual SLEE Gala will honor resistance to the corporate globalization of our food and trade systems and celebrate the 20th anniversary of Community Alliance for Global Justice. SLEE 2021:Tickets | Table Captains | Raj Patel | Facebook Strengthening Local Economies Everywhere! Date: Saturday, October 9th, 2021 Time: Event Presentations 6 – 7:30 PM […]
SUN 9/26, 5:30PM PT: CAGJ presents a special virtual screening of The Ants & the Grasshopper
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 […]
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) [email protected] 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. […]
