Finally – some change we can believe in! On June 4, 2008, Sen. Sherrod Brown and Rep. Mike Michaud introduced groundbreaking new legislation to reform U.S. trade policy. The Trade Reform, Accountability, Development and Employment (TRADE) Act represents months (years!) of work by people committed to fixing the failed NAFTA model. It creates a positive [...]

From the New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/20/dining/20garden.html?_r=1 “WASHINGTON — Michelle Obama will begin digging up a patch of the South Lawn on Friday to plant a vegetable garden, the first at the White House since Eleanor Roosevelt’s victory garden in World War II. There will be no beets — the president does not like them — [...]

Currently America is in the middle of a record food safety crisis and it could get a whole lot worse.   Former Monsanto executive Michael Taylor and irradiation proponent Dr. Michael Osterholm could be named to top food safety spots in the new Administration. Ask Secretary Vilsack to say no to Taylor and Osterholm. 1. Michael [...]

Thank you to everyone who made our March 1 Benefit a great success – especially Nectar Lounge, Ruby Shuz and Supersones.  We also want to thank Corrugated Films and Moving Images for donating their films to the raffle!  Everyone had a blast and we raised much-needed funds to prepare for Spring and Summer organizing! Ruby [...]

The food blogosphere is all a-twitter: According to Jim Slama of familyfarmed.org, “Local and sustainable food advocates are smiling these days as signals out of Washington indicate major new support for their efforts. The biggest news was the announcement that long-time organic advocate Kathleen Merrigan had been tapped to become the Deputy Secretary of Agriculture, [...]

YOU ARE INVITED by Community Alliance for Global Justice to ‘Technology and  Revolutions – the Gates Foundation and African Agriculture’, a short-course presented by AGRA Watch.  Please join us for presentations and facilitated discussions on the key issues surrounding the work of the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA). Wed. April 1st: Deconstructing [...]