United Students for Fair Trade Convergence, “Fair Trade: Taking It Forward”
University of Washington HUB, Seattle
November 7-10, 2008
About the Convergence:
The Convergence will include workshops on Fair Trade that range from Fair Trade basics to in-depth workshops on specific aspects of Fair Trade. Representatives of different companies, cooperatives, and organizations will demonstrate the various directions in which [...]

Today CAGJ signed on to the Call to Action of the US Working Group on the Food Crisis, an ad hoc group of organizations from around the US, representing various sectors of the food system, including anti-hunger, family farm, community food security, environmental, international aid, labor, food justice, consumer, and other groups. We do not [...]

CAGJ is excited to announce that plans are shaping up for our fall Teach-in, “Confronting the Food Crisis: Cultivating Just Alternatives to the Corporate Food System.”
FRIDAY December 5, 2008, 6 – 9pm, refreshments served
Garfield Community Center, 2323 E Cherry St, Seattle 98122 - Multipurpose Room
Panel & Community Dialogue: “Confronting the Food Crisis”
Confirmed speakers:

Lucy [...]

Come hear CAGJ’s Director, Heather Day, and two of CAGJ’s Advisory Board members, Viki Sonntag and Derek Hoshiko, speak on a panel with other “local food heroes” at Madison Market’s 30th Anniversary event at Hugo House!
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Living our Cooperative Values: Sustainable Alternatives to a Culture in Crisis
Sunday November 2 at Richard Hugo House, 1:00 to 3:00 [...]

Our annual Movie in the Park event on September 13th, in partnership with Lettuce Link and hosted by Marra Farm, was great! About 80 people enjoyed roasted corn, a potluck, and films focusing on radical food politics in Cuba and the autonomous Zaptista communities in Mexico. Thank you to everyone who came, and [...]

Another round of World Trade Organization talks collapsed on July 29th, largely due to India’s insistence that they be able to protect farmers from a surge of agricultural imports from rich nations. Efforts to complete the “Doha” Round of negotiations, begun in 2001, have continually failed, as countries of the Global South have insisted [...]