With our members’ support, CAGJ was able to help several CAGJ leaders attend the Community Food Security Coalition Conference in October, 2011 in Oakland, CA.  Below are their reports on what they got out of the conference and US Food Sovereignty Alliance Assembly that followed. Chelsea Eickert, Membership Co-Chair The 2011 CFSC Conference nicely highlighted [...]

By Reid Mukai, CAGJ Co-Chair The dominance of neoliberal policies has made our world a crony capitalist dystopia. Wall Street connected legislators give multi-trillion dollar bailouts to big banks and corporations (1) as war-profiteers continue to reap benefits of both a “War on Terror” and “War on Drugs” costing trillions more taxpayer dollars (2). Infrastructure [...]

Action Alert from the United Farm Workers: You can make “Darigreed” listen to workers. Sign the petition TODAY! Dairy workers at the Ruby Ridge dairy, which provides milk for the Darigold label are going through hell and need your help. More than a third of them have been fired after they dared asked to have [...]

From the NW Farm Bill Action Group: Urgent Action Needed on the Farm Bill! The food and farm bill is moving at such a rapid pace presently, so take action before it’s too late. If the Agriculture Committee fulfills their goal of completing detailed food and farm bill legislation in the next week, you only [...]

Honoring African Food Sovereignty! AGRA Watch welcomes Samuel Nderitu to Seattle,  Kenyan Farmer & Director, Grow Biointensive Agricultural Center of Kenya (G-BIACK) Winner, 2011 Food Sovereignty Prize Honorable Mention 3 events: All events are free & open to the public SAT Nov 12: 11AM – 1PM Farmer Information Exchange at Marra Farm (more info below, [...]

By Reid Mukai, CAGJ Co-Chair and Delegate on joint CAGJ/Witness for Peace Delegation in September 2011, “Food, Farms, and the Roots of Migration: A journey for food sovereignty to Oaxaca, Mexico” See photos from Delegation here. Stay tuned to CAGJ’s Delegation page on our website for news of future CAGJ sponsored delegations, and for links [...]