FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Ames Contact: Hannah Dankbar 515-867-1731 Seattle Contact: Heather Day 206-724-2243 Salk Institute Contact: David Schubert 858-453-4100 x1528 Over 57,000 Express Concern with Human Feeding Trials of GMO Bananas Simultaneous demonstrations in Ames and Seattle highlight controversy surrounding Gates Foundation-funded Transgenic Banana Study at Iowa State University Ames, IA and Seattle, WA: On […]
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CAGJ joins the Domestic Fair Trade Association!
CAGJ is proud to have been approved as a new member of the Domestic Fair Trade Association in early January! The mission of the DFTA is to “Promote and protect the integrity of domestic fair trade principles and practices through education, marketing, advocacy and endorsement”. Read the DFTA’s principles here. One of the DFTA’s important […]
Petitions pressure Iowa State University to cease testing of GM Banana on humans
PHOTO: ISU graduate student Jackie Nester hands over 950 petitions to Dean Wintersteen’s administrative staff. CAGJ’s AGRA Watch campaign is pleased to announce that the students we have worked closely with at Iowa State University on the issue of human trials of the GM banana delivered their petition today to the administration, with close to […]
From the WTO to the Cop21: People’s Movements Demand Justice
Blog post by Food Justice Project Co-Chair Chris Iberle, and Director Heather Day
We call on the Gates Foundation to divest from fossil fuels AND agribusiness!
Download here: CAGJ_GatesDivestFlyer
PRESS RELEASE: Costco, Red Lobster will not sell GMO salmon
Coalition demands labeling in wake of FDA approval Image is flyer from CAGJ’s March 2015 action at SODO Costco For Immediate Release: November 24, 2015
CAGJ condemns FDA approval of GMO salmon; Costco yet to take action
On November 19, 2015 the FDA approved genetically engineered salmon, making it the first genetically altered animal to be cleared for U.S. supermarkets. CAGJ condemns this action by the FDA because extensive independent research demonstrates that it is a threat to the environment through transgenic pollution of our already threatened wild salmon stock, as well […]
NOV 15 Film Screening: “Resistencia: The Fight for the Aguan Valley” with Honduran Resistance Leaders & Film-maker Jesse Freeston
Join Honduran Resistance Leaders and Film-maker Jesse Freeston for a special evening & Film Screening: “Resistencia: The Fight for the Aguan Valley” Cost: $10 at the door. TRAILER: resistenciathefilm.com/trailer
VIDEO: “Climate, Food & Race: Challenges for the Food Movement”
Missed CAGJ’s event on October 27, 2015 with Eric Holt-Gimenez of Food First and Jill Mangaliman of Got Green? Do not despair, it was captured on video by Todd Boyle. Enjoy their incredible talks at this link, and please share widely! Click here for the CART notes. Thank you to the over 200 people who […]
CAGJ participates in US Food Sovereignty Alliance Assembly and Prize in Iowa
On October 12 – 15, 2015 CAGJ’s Director Heather Day and members Ross Kirshenbaum, Jenny McIntosh and Emma Shorr traveled to Iowa to participate in the 3rd national Assembly of the US Food Sovereignty Alliance, and to witness the Food Sovereignty Prize being awarded to the Federation of Southern Cooperatives and Black Fraternal Organization of […]