Comments on: AGRA Watch

By: “There Are Starving Children In Africa!” | Community Kitchens Northwest

Fri, 21 Jan 2011 08:20:08 +0000

[...] Monsanto is teaming with the Gates Foundation to push GE crops in Africa, masked as a humanitarian effort, this would give ownership of seed rights to a corporate giant, ready to swallow us all in a hunger [...]

By: AGRA Watch Film Screening: “Sweet Crude” « The Antechamber Collective

Wed, 07 Jul 2010 20:24:07 +0000

[...] AGRA Watch, a program of the Community Alliance for Global Justice (CAGJ), will be hosting a film night featuring “Sweet Crude,” a documentary which examines the stark contrast between the wealth to be gained from extracting oil in the Niger Delta and the abject poverty of the people living on the land. The screening will take place at 5:00 pm on Saturday, 10 July, at the Righi house (6002 Fremont Ave. N). The film is now under event-driven distribution through Area23a. The objectives of AGRA Watch are to “monitor and question the Gates Foundation’s participation in the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA),” and the group regularly conducts research and shares information that points toward a more complete understanding of justice for those involved in “development projects.” [...]

By: Poverty and Hunger in Haiti :: Hearing The Cry Of The Poor in Haiti

Poverty and Hunger in Haiti :: Hearing The Cry Of The Poor in Haiti — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 22:49:00 +0000

[...] (AGRA) Fund Distribution: Gates Foundation Links to Monsanto & GE Crops Development in Kenya” http://www.seattleglobaljustice.org/agra-watch/ Beverly Bell: “Haiti: The Clock is Set at Zero” [...]

By: SCOUT BANANA» Blog Archive » The Africa Track at the US Social Forum (#USSF)

Thu, 24 Jun 2010 01:20:27 +0000

[...] Project, All African Peoples Revolutionary Party, University of Kmt, Priority Africa Network, Community Alliance for Global Justice, African Security Research Project, Athletes United for Peace, Detroit to Dakar, and International [...]

By: Groups Around the US Joined Haitian Farmers in Protesting “Donation” of Monsanto Seeds « The Oldspeak Journal

Fri, 11 Jun 2010 14:33:05 +0000

[...] AGRA Watch in Seattle planed a march June 4, ending outside the Gates Foundation office. AGRA stands for A Green Revolution in Africa, which is a multinational corporation-driven, GMO-driven program now being launched in Africa. The Gates Foundation has been a key promoter of AGRA. The group says, “The dumping of toxic seeds in Haiti is the latest in a series of unsustainable solutions that Monsanto has pushed on farmers around the world. If the Gates Foundation wants to support a truly sustainable agricultural system in Africa, they must divorce themselves from Monsanto. Haitian farmers and African farmers have said NO! to corporate control of their food systems. The Gates Foundation and AGRA must say no to Monsanto.” [...]

By: Groups Around the U.S. Join Haitian Farmers in Protesting “Donation” of Monsanto Seeds « Rising In Solidarity with Ayiti (R.I.S.A.)

Mon, 07 Jun 2010 23:28:06 +0000

[...] AGRA Watch in Seattle plans a march today which will end outside the Gates Foundation office. AGRA stands for A Green Revolution in Africa, which is a multinational corporation-driven, GMO-driven program now being launched in Africa. The Gates Foundation has been a key promoter of AGRA. The group says, “The dumping of toxic seeds in Haiti is the latest in a series of unsustainable solutions that Monsanto has pushed on farmers around the world. If the Gates Foundation wants to support a truly sustainable agricultural system in Africa, they must divorce themselves from Monsanto. Haitian farmers and African farmers have said NO! to corporate control of their food systems. The Gates Foundation and AGRA must say no to Monsanto.” [...]

By: Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti » Blog Archive » Groups Around the U.S. Join Haitian Farmers in Protesting “Donation” of Monsanto Seeds.

Sat, 05 Jun 2010 21:47:08 +0000

By: Food Sovereignty for Haiti | Ellen in Haiti

Food Sovereignty for Haiti | Ellen in Haiti — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 16:42:33 +0000

By: Groups Around the U.S. Join Haitian Farmers in Protesting “Donation” of Monsanto Seeds | Amauta

Fri, 04 Jun 2010 20:45:58 +0000

[...] are a few of numerous U.S. initiatives which are helping Haitian farmers get organic, creole seeds. AGRA Watch in Seattle plans a march today which will end outside the Gates Foundation office. AGRA stands for [...]

By: Beverly Bell: Groups Around the U.S. Join Haitian Farmers in Protesting “Donation” of Monsanto Seeds. | CelebUtopia

Fri, 04 Jun 2010 18:54:14 +0000