Saturday, June 1 Meet at 8:30am at CAGJ office, 606 Maynard Ave S – travel to Whidbey Island for Teach-Out Return between 4:30 & 5pm CAGJ’s Food Justice Project invites you to a Teach-out on Whidbey Island, exploring Greenbank Farms, an organic farm, agricultural training center, and natural preserve, and Good Cheer Food Bank, an [...]
On April 17 1996, in Eldorado dos Carajás, Brazil, state military police massacred peasants involved in the Movement of Landless Rural Workers (MST), killing 19 individuals. At an ensuing protest, military police from two brigades fired tear-gas and live ammunition at 1500 women and men, killing three and wounding 69. Since then, global people’s movement [...]
With the Community Alliance for Global Justice, Olympia Food Co-op, and GRuB Friday, April 19th 7-9 pm Traditions Cafe and World Folk Art 300 5th Ave SW Olympia, WA 98501 Come learn about the local and global food movement in your community! Including speakers from GRuB, an Olympia based group dedicated to inspiring positive personal [...]
This op-ed recently appeared in the Vancouver, B.C. Tyee. CAGJ has joined the struggle against the TPP on behalf of farmers and eaters everywhere through our Food Justice Project Solidarity Campaigns. Get involved today and help stop this dangerous new trade deal! By Kristen Beifus, Raul Burbano, and Manuel Pérez-Rocha March 6, 2012 A 16th [...]
Thursday, March 28th, 6:30 – 8:30pm Location: CAGJ’s Office, 606 Maynard Ave S. Rm 102 Seattle WA 98104, in the International District New to CAGJ and curious about CAGJ’s projects, and how to get involved? Already active and want to learn more about CAGJ’s current organizing? Come to our next Community Meeting and learn more [...]
Have you read the amazing reviews from authors and activists Eric Holt-Gimenez, Mark Winne, Brian Tokar, and community college culinary school chef Gregg Shiosaki about “Our Food, Our Right: Recipes for Food Justice”? Check them out below! If you haven’t gotten your copy, order it online today. Save the date for some upcoming readings with [...]
The Trans-Pacific Partnership, or TPP, is a secretive regional free trade/investor rights initiative led by the United States, Canada, Mexico, Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Chile, Malaysia, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, and Vietnam, with an open-docking clause allowing for additional countries to join. In theory, the TPP seeks to increase trade in the region by opening up [...]
Click here to order the book directly from CAGJ on our website. SEATTLE: Friday December 7th, 7 – 9 pm Come celebrate the 2nd Edition of Our Food, Our Right: Recipes for Food Justice! Hosted by Burke Museum, North end of UW campus: 17 ave Northeast and Northeast 45th Street, Seattle, WA 98105. Open to public, $5 requested donation at [...]
Action Report by Marisa Hendron, CAGJ Book Group coordinator See more photos in CAGJ’s facebook album! Check out our informational leaflet! FINAL FLYER On October 24, a dozen CAGJ volunteers and UFCW organizers celebrated US Food Day by distributing information about Wal-Mart to shoppers at Promenade 23, the retail center on 23rd Ave and South [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 24, 2012 Contact: Heather Day, Cell: 206-724-2243, Email: hred2011@gmail.com Concerned Seattle residents will raise neighborhood awareness about Wal-Mart’s negative impact on workers, tax-payers, community members, farmers and eaters. Oct 24, 2012 – Seattle, WA – To mark Food Day (October 24th)—a nationwide celebration and movement toward more healthy, affordable and sustainable [...]
