Northwest Chocolate Festival www.nwchocolatefestival.com Seattle Center Northwest Rooms October 23rd and 24th! All day admission $12.50 or e-mail nwchocvol@gmail.com to volunteer and get in free! Chocolate Festival Trade Justice Line Up Saturday Tree to Bean to Cup: Wake Up with Coffee and Chocolate  (10am) The parallels between cacao and coffee are endless – both artfully [...]

Sign-on letter to the Gates Foundation sponsored by AGRA Watch/Community Alliance for Global Justice, La Via Campesina & Food First October 11, 2010 Sign on your organization by sending an email to agrawatch@seattleglobaljustice.org Dear Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Although we share a recognition that hunger, poverty, and climate change are inter-related through the medium [...]

On September 19 and 20, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) held public meetings of its Veterinary Medicine Advisory Committee (VMAC) to address safety issues associated with AquaBounty Technologies’ application to sell genetically engineered salmon that can grow nearly twice as fast as non-GE strains. If approved, the FDA could be adding unknown hazards on [...]

Teach Out! Engaging our Local Food Cycle AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN ABOUT AND WORK FOR A LOCAL COMMUNITY FARM Coordinated by the Food Justice Project of the Community Alliance for Global Justice Fifth Event of 2010! Alleycat Acres Urban Farming Collective Sunday, October 24, 12:00-4:00, potluck following! Please support Alleycats’ commitment to alternative transportation methods [...]