Dear Community, Make GiveBIG a big boost for our Membership Month fundraising campaign! GiveBIG is TODAY! All gifts will be matched thanks to UFCW 21 and generous CAGJ members. Help us reach our $5000 Membership Month goal! Make a one-time donation via GiveBig – 60% of CAGJ’s budget is fueled by our Members! Donate TODAY […]
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One week to double your Membership Month gift to CAGJ!
Dear Community, Make GiveBIG a big boost for our Membership Month fundraising campaign! GiveBIG is next WED May 9; you can schedule your gift today, and it will be matched thanks to UFCW 21 and generous CAGJ members. Help us reach our $5000 Membership Month goal! Make a one-time donation via GiveBig – 60% of […]
PRESS RELEASE: Film & Webinar Today “Salmon People: The Risks of Genetically Engineered Fish for the Pacific Northwest”
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 30, 2018 Contact: Jaydee Hanson, Senior Policy Analyst, Center for Food Safety [email protected]; 202-547-9359 Simone Adler, Organizing Director, Community Alliance for Global Justice [email protected]; 215-873-4672 “Salmon People: The Risks of Genetically Engineered Fish for the Pacific Northwest,” Premieres Today Indigenous Tribes and Advocacy Groups Host a Panel on Genetically Engineered […]
Salmon People: A backgrounder to Northwest Tribal Opposition to GE Salmon
This backgrounder is part of the Study Guide for the short film “Salmon People”. Check out our Film Study Guide, and Resources on GE Salmon and Northwest Native Resistance. Click here for the PDF: CAGJ Salmon People Backgrounder. Watch the short film! Salmon People: The Risks of Genetically Engineered Fish for the Pacific Northwest […]
MON 4/30 – The Northwest Fights GE Salmon: Indigenous Perspectives – Webinar & New Short Film
Register today for the webinar happening this coming Monday, and help us spread the word on Facebook – Thank you! The Northwest Fights GE Salmon: Indigenous Perspectives MON APRIL 30, 2-3PM PST Film Premiere & Webinar Join Center for Food Safety and Community Alliance for Global Justice for a free webinar on Monday April 30, […]
AFSA PRESS RELEASE 26 April 2018 : Hands Off African Seeds! No Intellectual Property on Life
Thursday, April 26, 2018 Hands Off African Seeds! – No Intellectual Property on Life The Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA) today launches a continental seed policy report challenging the corporate capture of African farmers’ seeds and seed systems. Launched on World Intellectual Property Day, the report documents the policy shift towards corporatisation of […]
AGRA Watch Campaign Training: SUN MAY 6, 3-5:30PM
Location in Seattle TBA Join AGRA Watch for a workshop on how the Seattle-based Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has a global effect on agriculture. Who decides where the money goes? Who holds these decision makers accountable? Who decides what foods African farmers can grow, how they can grow it, and who can access it? […]
Corporate profit from South Africa’s smallholder farmers support programs
The African Centre for Biodiversity recently examined South Africa’s smallholder support programs. These funds are supposed to serve 300,000 smallholder farmers in the country and enhance their ability to feed themselves and their communities. Their report,“Input supply in South Africa’s smallholder farmer support programmes: A tale of neo-apartheid plans, dodgy dealings and corporate capture” shows […]
MON 4/9: Report-Back on the South Africa-US Agroecology Exchange with 2 NW Organizers
MON April 9, 6:30 – 8:30PM Hear the Report–Back on the South Africa-US Agroecology Exchange With Dean Jackson, Urban Farmer, and Edgar Franks, Farmworker Organizer FREE! Dinner will be provided. Location: New Hope Baptist Church, 124 21st Ave, Seattle, WA 98122 RSVP’s appreciated but not required: Please email [email protected] Help publicize! Share the Facebook Event […]
Report-Back: Who Profits from Philanthropy? A Community Event about “Philanthrocapitalism” and its Alternatives
By Alex Wheeler, AGRA Watch Organizer Intern, and Carey Hert, Resource Generation Organizer Watch a video of the full event on YouTube (credit to Mike McCormick of Talking Stick TV) On Tuesday March 13th, 2018, over 100 people came out to the Southside Commons to learn about how philanthropy affects society from food sovereignty […]
