Food Justice Blog Posts

Call to Action: June 4th, Stand with Haiti’s Farmers!

Jun 1st, 2010 | By Heather | Category: Agra Watch Blog Posts, Events, Food Justice Blog Posts, Trade Justice Blog Posts, Uncategorized

CALL TO ACTION!
Join AGRA Watch Friday June 4, 2010, as we march in solidarity with Haitian farmers, who have committed to burning Monsanto’s incoming donation of hybrid maize and vegetable seeds, which have been treated with highly toxic pesticides. The Peasant Movement of Papay (MPP) has condemned the shipment, and has insisted that Haiti’s [...]



Report on May 2010 Teach-Out: Spring Into Bed!

Jun 1st, 2010 | By Chris | Category: Food Justice Blog Posts

By Erica Bacon
On Saturday May 8 CAGJ joined over 250 other Seattleites for “Spring into Bed”, a city-wide day of action dedicated to creating individual and community vegetable gardens as well as “food justice” gardens throughout Seattle. We couldn’t have asked for a lovelier day or a more exciting [...]



June 5: Join CAGJ at Green Festival & for AGRA Watch Film Night!

May 16th, 2010 | By Heather | Category: Agra Watch Blog Posts, Events, Food Justice Blog Posts, News, Trade Justice Blog Posts

June is a busy time for CAGJ. We hope you can join us at one of the following events June 5th!
All day/1pm presentation at Green Festival
All day June 5 and June 6 CAGJ will be tabling at the Green Festival: Email volunteer@seattleglobaljustice.org if you can help out with tabling for a few hours! Volunteers get [...]



Volunteers needed at Clean Greens Farm!

May 8th, 2010 | By Maria | Category: Food Justice Blog Posts

Please see below for a message from Clean Greens Farm, and help out if you can!
PLEASE SEND THIS TO ANYONE YOU THINK MIGHT BE INTERESTED.
 
Hi Everyone, it is that time again that we need volunteers for the Clean Greens Farm. This Saturday May 8 and all Saturdays thereafter. A bus will leave 124 -21st Ave [...]



May 8: Spring Into Bed Teach-out!

May 6th, 2010 | By Heather | Category: Events, Food Justice Blog Posts, News

Teach Out! Engaging our Local Food Cycle
Sat. May 8, 10 – 3pm
optional celebration 4-8pm
AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN ABOUT AND WORK FOR A LOCAL COMMUNITY GARDEN – JOIN THE GUIDED BIKE RIDE, OR CAR-POOL!  Coordinated by the Food Justice Project of the Community Alliance for Global Justice
First Teach-out Event of 2010! Spring into Bed!
Spring into Bed [...]



140 groups & scientists urge Senate to oppose GM clause in Global Food Security Act

Apr 16th, 2010 | By Maria | Category: Agra Watch Blog Posts, Food Justice Blog Posts, Trade Justice Blog Posts

See below for the press release for the Global Food Security Act, of which CAGJ signed onto!
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – 13 April 2010
CONTACTS:
Marcia Ishii-Eiteman, PhD, Pesticide Action Network North America, 415-981-6205, ext.325; mie@panna.org
 
Annie Shattuck, Food First/Institute for Food & Development Policy, 510-654-4400, ext.223; shattuck@foodfirst.org
Kathy Ozer, National Family Farm Coalition, 202-543-5675, kozer@nffc.net
Mariam Mayet, African Center for [...]



P-Patch Secret Cafe for Spring Into Bed–Fri April 23rd!

Apr 16th, 2010 | By Maria | Category: Food Justice Blog Posts

Hello friends!
Come one come all! Friday, April 23rd, for one night only, the P-Patch House (where I live) will turn into an underground restaurant and folk music venue. We’re doing this to fundraise for Spring Into Bed (springintobed.org), a grassroots, city-wide day of garden-bed building, including food justice gardens for low-income families. Here’s what you [...]



ACT NOW: Support the Healthy Food Financing Initiative

Apr 9th, 2010 | By Maria | Category: Food Justice Blog Posts

From PolicyLink:
In his 2011 budget, President Obama proposed $345 million for a Healthy Food Financing Initiative (HFFI) to dramatically improve access to healthy foods in underserved communities across the country. (HFFI is also one of the four pillars of The First Lady’s Let’s Move initiative to reduce childhood obesity.) With more than 23 million Americans [...]



VIDEO: CAGJ Celebrates the International Day of Peasant Struggle – April 17th, 2010!

Apr 6th, 2010 | By Ashley Marie | Category: Agra Watch Blog Posts, Events, Food Justice Blog Posts, News

CAGJ had a great turnout and fantastic, fun action at the U-District Farmers’ Market in solidarity with the International Day of Peasant Struggle on April 17th, in response to a call from La Via Campesina! Via Campesina encourages organizations around the world to take action and unite against corporate control of the global food system.  [...]



A Future for Agriculture, a Future for Haiti

Apr 1st, 2010 | By Chris | Category: Food Justice Blog Posts

By Beverly Bell for Other Worlds
We plant but we can’t produce or market. We plant but we have no food to eat. We want agriculture to improve so our country can live and so we peasants can live, too.
- Rilo Petit-homme, peasant organizer from St. Marc, Haiti

A peasant group meets to discuss [...]