So read a circular banner on a locked-down street in San Francisco on Sept. 21st. Organized by the Mobilization for Climate Justice West, a coalition of groups calling for urgent, direct action in response to climate change, the action comes as a part of a week of activity around the G20 meetings in Pittsburgh. There, […]
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Submit a recipe for “Our Food, Our Right” – DEADLINE Oct 10th!
As we move forward this fall in finishing the first edition of the Food Justice Project’s activist guide and recipe book “Our Food, Our Right: Recipes for Food Justice”, we are still looking for RECIPE SUBMISSIONS, creative art and poetry, and whatever else you think should be included! Now is the time to submit your […]
CAGJ Receives Food Sovereignty Award!
CAGJ is honored to have been awarded the Food Sovereignty Honorable Mention Prize, along with the Toronto Food Policy Council and the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (Kenya). La Via Campesina – the international movement of peasants who introduced the idea of “food sovereignty” – won the prize. Central Co-op’s Madison Market nominated […]
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS! – Our Food, Our Right: Recipes for Food Justice
We are still looking for more people to contribute to the Food Justice Project’s activist guide and recipe book! Our Food, Our Right is a community recipe book and activist resource guide that that promotes self-sufficiency and knowledge sharing, through a food sovereignty framework. The guide seeks to increase access to information on issues such […]
Photos of SLEE 2009 Fair & Dinner!!
Thanks so much to everyone who came and supported CAGJ at our 2009 Strengthening Local Economies, Everywhere! Fair and Dinner! More photos are coming soon, here is just a taste…
CAGJ’s 5th Teach Out! – Vashon Island!
Join CAGJ’s Teach Out! Saturday September 5th: Visit Vashon Island Farms and Farmer’s Market! Teach Out! Engaging the Local Food Cycle! – Fifth Event! SATURDAY, September 5th: All Day, with optional camping component *Space is limited and RSVP REQUIRED! RSVP to Teresa at [email protected] Our visit to Vashon Island will begin with a stop to […]
U.S. Working Group on the Food Crisis Issues Statement to G8 Urging New Approach to Food Security
Calls on G8 to Reject More GMOs and Free Trade New York City/Washington D.C./Oakland – The U.S. Working Group on the Food Crisis today released an official statement urging the G8 to focus on sustainable agriculture practices as a solution to the global food crisis. The statement was issued in anticipation of the July 8-10 […]
6/24 Day of Action at Rep. McDermott’s Office – Denounce Violent Free Trade Policies in Peru
CAGJ, WA Fair Trade Coalition and our supporters successfully met with the Peruvian Consul in Seattle on Friday, June 12th, to highlight the recent massacre of unarmed civilians and violent clashes with police that occurred on June 5th in Peru. We had a strong contingent, who presented the Consul with a letter we had signed […]
Friday June 12, 4:30pm – Join us to PROTEST the Massacre in Peru!
At dawn on Friday, June 5th, 600 Peruvian police in helicopters and on foot opened fire on thousands of peaceful indigenous protestors blocking a road near Bagua in the Peruvian Amazon. Conservative estimates indicate that 60 indigenous and police have been killed. Police are accused of burning indigenous bodies, throwing them in the river and […]
Dozens killed in Peru as indigenous resist takeover of the Amazon
On Friday, June 5th, 2009 over 60 indigenous demonstrators and 20 police officers were killed in the province of Bagua in Peru. 600 police and helicopters fired live rounds of ammunition and tear gas into a peaceful blockade of a road leading into the Amazon and indigenous lands. Activists and people in the Bagua province […]
