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Check out a Food Justice Project Youtube Video!!

Nov 10th, 2009 | By Maria | Category: Food Justice Blog Posts

Click the link below to see an awesome video slideshow that highlights our two current projects, the Teach Out! site visits and Our Food, Our Right: Recipes for Food Justice – activist guide and recipe book. Great job to Molly Woodring and Laura Brady for working on this together!   Make sure you turn your [...]



Urban Gardening Radio Show

Nov 10th, 2009 | By Maria | Category: Food Justice Blog Posts

November 7, 2009 – Green $ense Urban Farming This edition of Green $ense will focus on urban agriculture – from gardening to farming – as Robert Colangelo interviews guests that include non-profits, visionaries, and entrepreneurs that are reducing the carbon footprint by bringing food to the people. Tune your radio dial to 820 AM at [...]



CAGJ’s 7th Teach Out! Join CAGJ in visiting FEEST’s Community Potluck!!

Oct 26th, 2009 | By Maria | Category: Food Justice Blog Posts, News

CAGJ members and supporters will join other great people for food and community-building at FEEST’s November Community Potluck: Wednesday, November 25th 3:30pm join us for cooking in the kitchen 5:30pm The potluck begins 7:00pm Clean up of space *please plan to stay and clean up. Its an important part of our community agreements. At the [...]



ACTION ALERT: Help Protect family fishermen and oceans!

Oct 20th, 2009 | By Maria | Category: Food Justice Blog Posts

Will you help protect our family fishermen and our oceans? Wednesday, October 28th Between 10:30am and 2:30pm, Ballard Town Square (Between Leary and Ballard Ave.) On October 28th, people across the country, from Washington to Maine will be standing up to support family fishermen, healthy oceans, and sustainable seafood. Here in Seattle, we will be [...]



ACTION ALERT! King County budget eliminates agriculture programs

Oct 18th, 2009 | By Maria | Category: Food Justice Blog Posts

An Action Alert from Mary Embleton of the Cascade Harvest Coalition: Dear Friends, This is a call to action.  We need your help and support to draw attention to King County’s budget process and the Executive’s proposed elimination of all funding for Puget Sound Fresh, WSU King County Extension and core elements of the County’s [...]



Join CAGJ’s Sixth Teach Out! Saturday October 24th: Visit the Clean Greens Farm in Duvall!

Sep 30th, 2009 | By Maria | Category: Food Justice Blog Posts, News

Teach Out! Engaging the Local Food Cycle! – Sixth Event Saturday, Oct. 24th 10am-2pm (there will be a carpool from the CAGJ office – please get in touch or stay tuned for more details closer to the date!) Our visit to Duvall will introduce you to Black Dollar Days Task Force’s program, Clean Greens Farm [...]



Submit a recipe for “Our Food, Our Right” – DEADLINE Oct 10th!

Sep 29th, 2009 | By Maria | Category: Agra Watch Blog Posts, Food Justice Blog Posts, News, Trade Justice Blog Posts

As we move forward this fall in finishing the first edition of the Food Justice Project’s activist guide and recipe book “Our Food, Our Right: Recipes for Food Justice”, we are still looking for RECIPE SUBMISSIONS, creative art and poetry, and whatever else you think should be included! Now is the time to submit your [...]



Work Begins to Protect Farm Land

Sep 15th, 2009 | By Maria | Category: Food Justice Blog Posts

Article from Richard Conlin’s email newsletter: Making it Work September 9, 2009, Volume XI, Issue 8 On Monday, August 10, the Council adopted a resolution beginning the next stage of the City’s work with King County to protect the agricultural properties that supply Seattle’s food. Resolution 31147, adopted 8-1 (McIver voting no) declared the City [...]



CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS! – Our Food, Our Right: Recipes for Food Justice

Sep 10th, 2009 | By Maria | Category: Agra Watch Blog Posts, Food Justice Blog Posts, Trade Justice Blog Posts

We are still looking for more people to contribute to the Food Justice Project’s activist guide and recipe book! Our Food, Our Right is a community recipe book and activist resource guide that that promotes self-sufficiency and knowledge sharing, through a food sovereignty framework. The guide seeks to increase access to information on issues such [...]



Photos of SLEE 2009 Fair & Dinner!!

Sep 9th, 2009 | By Maria | Category: Agra Watch Blog Posts, Food Justice Blog Posts, Trade Justice Blog Posts, Uncategorized

Thanks so much to everyone who came and supported CAGJ at our 2009 Strengthening Local Economies, Everywhere! Fair and Dinner! More photos are coming soon, here is just a taste…