Attorney General Eric Holder & The Department of Justice, USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack, Farmers, food activists, concerned citizens, and the public are gathered for Town Hall-style meetings and hearings on anti-trust issues in Big Agriculture, calling on the DOJ to “Bust the Trust”. “The night before, about 250 independent family farmers and community activists gathered [...]

Many voices missing in ‘Dialogue’ with Justice Department By Siena Chrisman with WhyHunger Part IV, reported March 26 Read parts I-III of WhyHunger’s reports on the Department of Justice’s hearings on anti-trust issues in agriculture The March 12 workshop that the Department of Justice and USDA held in Ankeny, Iowa, was called “A Dialogue on [...]

AGRA Watch’s third film night is Saturday April 3rd at Cascade People’s Center!  Join us for a compelling film about Lake Victoria and discussion.  5 – 9pm, free. Please RSVP to agrawatch@seattleglobaljustice.org About the Film: Darwin’s Nightmare is a tale about humans between the North and the South, about globalization, and about fish. Some time [...]

See below for information about a new US Food Environment Atlas, created to gather and present statistical information on access to food in the US. From the USDA Food Environment Atlas website: The U.S. Food Environment Atlas Food environment factors—such as store/restaurant proximity, food prices, food and nutrition assistance programs, and community characteristics—interact to influence food [...]

Check out this new project breaking ground in Beacon Hill: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2011220435_urbanfarm01m.html?prmid=obinsite ALLEYCAT ACRES, among a handful of urban-farming efforts in the Seattle area, hopes to turn bits of unused land into food sources for low-income residents. More information at: www.alleycatacres.com/

CAGJ Report-back from Kenya & Uganda! Saturday, March 27, 6:30 – 9:00 PM Hidmo Eritrean Restaurant, 2000 S Jackson St. Seattle, 98144 Come to hear from Kenyan Farmer & Community Organizer Joshua Machinga, Director of Common Ground in Kenya, and Heather English Day, CAGJ’s Director, who will report back on travels to Kenya and Uganda, [...]

A panel discussion featuring Guatemalan indigenous community leader Pascual Bernabe Velásquez Assembly of Huehuetenango in Defense of Natural Resources Friday, March 5, 2010 | 6:30 – 8:30pm Ethnic Cultural Center at the UW 3931 Brooklyn Ave NE, Black Room FREE EVENT Maya-Q’anjob’al women vote to express their opposition to mining  in a community consultation in [...]