My name is Lisa Griffith, and I’m the Outreach and Communications Coordinator of National Family Farm Coalition. I first met Heather Day at the 2009 Community Food Security Coalition conference in Des Moines when CAGJ was recognized with an Honorable Mention for the first US Food Sovereignty Prize. CAGJ soon joined the National Family Farm […]
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Malik Yakini “This has just all become too complex!” shared at SLEE 2023
Malik Yakini concluded his 2023 SLEE keynote with this short humorous essay, which became an instant classic! This has just all become too complex! I long ago gave up eating meat and fish for health reasons. I later developed a sensitivity for the environmental impact of corporate meat production and overfishing. I gave up eating […]
2023 End-of-Year Letter to our Members & Supporters + Looking to the Future
It’s Giving Tuesday! CAGJ’s 2023 end of year letter to our Members & Supporters From Director Heather Day: Looking to the Future Greetings friends, Hopefully you recently received this letter by mail. If not, please email us your address ([email protected]) so we can reach out to you in the future (only twice per year)! This […]
WED Dec 6: Tim Schwab on The Bill Gates Problem, Town Hall Seattle
CAGJ/AGRA Watch & Town Hall Seattle Present Author Tim Schwab: The Bill Gates Problem: Reckoning with the Myth of the Good Billionaire WED December 6, 7:30 – 9PM: Get your sliding-scale tickets In his new book The Bill Gates Problem: Reckoning with the Myth of the Good Billionaire, investigative journalist Tim Schwab finds that Bill […]
New AGRA Watch Report: Corporate-Led Climate Adaptation
New AGRA Watch Report: “Corporate-Led Climate Adaptation: How the Gates Foundation, Microsoft, and AGRA are enabling the digital capture of African Food Systems” AGRA Watch has released a new report (15 pages) detailing the intersections between the Gates Foundation, Microsoft, and AGRA on digital agriculture in Africa. Featuring extensive research by AGRA Watch intern Emma […]
What An Honor! SLEE 2023!
A warm and wide THANK YOU to everyone for being part of our 17th Annual Strengthening Local Economies Everywhere Dinner! The room was buzzing! – our first full, in-person dinner since 2019! From all the many volunteers, to silent auction and dessert dash donors, to sponsors, community partners, table captains, attendees, and everyone in between […]
SLEE is this SAT, Oct 14! Volunteer and get in for free!
SAT October 14th, 5 – 9:30PM CAGJ’s 17th Annual SLEE! Dinner – Strengthening Local Economies, Everywhere! Location: St Demetrios Church, 2100 Boyer Ave E, Seattle, WA 98112 Volunteer at SLEE and get in for free! Volunteers make SLEE happen! We need folks to help with pick-ups next week, and for many roles at the event (registration, servers, […]
CAGJ went to Farm Aid! Featuring BlockCorporateSalmon
Thanks to generous funding from National Family Farm Coalition (of which we are a proud member), CAGJ Director Heather Day and Organizer noël lum recently attended Farm Aid 2023 in Noblesville, Indiana! Since 1985, Farm Aid has been held annually as a benefit concert to financially support family farms across the country. Over the long […]
2 Weeks to SLEE! Solidarity Tickets Available! Volunteers Get In Free!
SLEE IS ALMOST HERE! DID YOU GET YOUR TICKETS YET? THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS! Central Co-op, Equal Exchange, Farmer Direct Organic, Friends of the Earth, Loki Fish Company, Madres Kitchen, New Roots Organics, Northwest Harvest, PCC Community Markets, Real Change, Social Justice Fund, UAW 4121, UFCW 3000 TICKETS: Purchase on CAGJ’s website! Sliding scale […]
4 Weeks to SLEE! Tickets on Sale + Call for Volunteers!
SLEE TICKETS ON SALE NOW! TICKETS: Purchase on CAGJ’s website! Sliding scale $40-$200: Please be generous in your support! We want to make this event accessible to everyone while also recognizing the need for us to raise crucial funds. Support a Farmer/Farmworker/Organizer: By purchasing a second ticket (at $50 or $100), you ensure that local […]
