Teach-outs: CAGJ supports and takes action for local farms & food sites!

CAGJ’s Food Justice Project invites our members and others to learn about and build connections with key players in the local food region through monthly visits to farms, community kitchens, and community gardens! The site visits include hands-on work that is needed by or is appropriate to the sites, opportunities to debrief and reflect at the end of the site visit, and calls to action! These visits allow CAGJ members and supporters to gain a grounded understanding of how these sites work and how they relate to the local food economy. We hope to facilitate an experience that is mutually beneficial to CAGJ, our members, and the host site, and we want to create a place for the voices of our local food producers to be heard and their knowledge and skills to be recognized and celebrated.

UPCOMING TEACH-OUTS

None currently scheduled.  If you are with an organization that would like to host a Teach-out, please get in touch with us at fjp@seattleglobaljustice.org or call the CAGJ office at (206) 405-4600.

2011 TEACH-OUTS:

Saturday, January 22: Central Co-op/Madison Market Read an account!

Sunday, April 24: Cascadian Edible Landscapes Read an account!

Sunday, May 15: Spring into Bed/Seattle Youth Garden works

Saturday, August 20: Clean Green Farm Read an account!

Saturday, October 22: Tacoma HUG(Hillside Urban Agriculture) Read an account!

PAST TEACH-OUTS:

2010 TEACH-OUTS:

Saturday, May 8: Spring Into Bed Read an account!

Saturday June 19: Clean Greens Farm The Black Dollar Days Task Force developed Clean Greens in response to the under-representation of African Americans among the ranks of those farming in Washington, as well as the lack of foods relevant to the African American as well as African immigrant food cultures locally. Operating on 22 acres, Clean Greens produces chemical-free, organic food for inner city residents. Read report here.

Saturday, July 31: Refugee Farming Project in Auburn. This project is in its second year as an initiative of Burst for Prosperity.  The purpose is to give local refugees a means to develop their own financial security, build assets, and further connect with their larger community. Read Teach-Out report here.

Sunday, August 22: Laughing Crow Farm and Bainbridge Island Vineyard and Winery in conjunction with Friends of the Farms (formerly the Trust for Working Landscapes). Read an account.

Saturday, October 24: Alleycat Acres An experiment in urban agriculture, Alleycat Acres seeks to grant food sovereignty back to the communities where the gardens are located, to empower community members to repossess control over what they eat, and to get first hand experience the land around them. Read an account!

Saturday, November 13: GroundUP Organics, C4C GroundUP Organics is a flagship program of the larger, city-sponsored program Creatives4Community, or C4C.  Both C4C and GroundUp Organics work to develop and train youth and young-adults in areas of urban ecology, green business and product management, civics and community within a broad cultural, ethnic, and historical context.

December 1: Rainier Community Kitchen