CALL TO ACTION! Join AGRA Watch Friday June 4, 2010, as we march in solidarity with Haitian farmers, who have committed to burning Monsanto’s incoming donation of hybrid maize and vegetable seeds, which have been treated with highly toxic pesticides. The Peasant Movement of Papay (MPP) has condemned the shipment, and has insisted that Haiti’s […]
Category Archives: Food Justice Blog Posts
Report on May 2010 Teach-Out: Spring Into Bed!
By Erica Bacon On Saturday May 8 CAGJ joined over 250 other Seattleites for “Spring into Bed”, a city-wide day of action dedicated to creating individual and community vegetable gardens as well as “food justice” gardens throughout Seattle. We couldn’t have asked for a lovelier day or a more exciting event for our first Teach-out […]
June 5: Join CAGJ at Green Festival & for AGRA Watch Film Night!
June is a busy time for CAGJ. We hope you can join us at one of the following events June 5th! All day/1pm presentation at Green Festival All day June 5 and June 6 CAGJ will be tabling at the Green Festival: Email [email protected] if you can help out with tabling for a few hours! […]
Volunteers needed at Clean Greens Farm!
Please see below for a message from Clean Greens Farm, and help out if you can! PLEASE SEND THIS TO ANYONE YOU THINK MIGHT BE INTERESTED. Hi Everyone, it is that time again that we need volunteers for the Clean Greens Farm. This Saturday May 8 and all Saturdays thereafter. A bus will leave […]
May 8: Spring Into Bed Teach-out!
Teach Out! Engaging our Local Food Cycle Sat. May 8, 10 – 3pm optional celebration 4-8pm AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN ABOUT AND WORK FOR A LOCAL COMMUNITY GARDEN – JOIN THE GUIDED BIKE RIDE, OR CAR-POOL! Coordinated by the Food Justice Project of the Community Alliance for Global Justice First Teach-out Event of 2010! Spring […]
140 groups & scientists urge Senate to oppose GM clause in Global Food Security Act
See below for the press release for the Global Food Security Act, of which CAGJ signed onto! FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – 13 April 2010 CONTACTS: Marcia Ishii-Eiteman, PhD, Pesticide Action Network North America, 415-981-6205, ext.325; [email protected] Annie Shattuck, Food First/Institute for Food & Development Policy, 510-654-4400, ext.223; [email protected] Kathy Ozer, National Family Farm Coalition, […]
P-Patch Secret Cafe for Spring Into Bed–Fri April 23rd!
Hello friends! Come one come all! Friday, April 23rd, for one night only, the P-Patch House (where I live) will turn into an underground restaurant and folk music venue. We’re doing this to fundraise for Spring Into Bed (springintobed.org), a grassroots, city-wide day of garden-bed building, including food justice gardens for low-income families. Here’s what […]
ACT NOW: Support the Healthy Food Financing Initiative
From PolicyLink: In his 2011 budget, President Obama proposed $345 million for a Healthy Food Financing Initiative (HFFI) to dramatically improve access to healthy foods in underserved communities across the country. (HFFI is also one of the four pillars of The First Lady’s Let’s Move initiative to reduce childhood obesity.) With more than 23 million […]
VIDEO: CAGJ Celebrates the International Day of Peasant Struggle – April 17th, 2010!
CAGJ had a great turnout and fantastic, fun action at the U-District Farmers’ Market in solidarity with the International Day of Peasant Struggle on April 17th, in response to a call from La Via Campesina! Via Campesina encourages organizations around the world to take action and unite against corporate control of the global food system. […]
A Future for Agriculture, a Future for Haiti
By Beverly Bell for Other Worlds We plant but we can’t produce or market. We plant but we have no food to eat. We want agriculture to improve so our country can live and so we peasants can live, too. – Rilo Petit-homme, peasant organizer from St. Marc, Haiti A peasant group meets to discuss […]
