Published on Wednesday, August 12, 2009 by The Huffington Post Why Food Sovereignty Is the New Food Security http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/08/12-14 by Salena Tramel Most of us would agree that there is a serious problem vis-a-vis access to food in the developing world. According to the UN food agency, there are now more than one billion undernourished […]
Category Archives: Food Justice Blog Posts
August Recess ACTION NEEDED for Child Nutrition Reauthorization!
From the Community Food Security Coalition: Dear Friends, August is a GREAT Time to Advocate for Child Nutrition! August’s congressional recess (now through Labor Day) offers important opportunities for constituents to speak directly to and with lawmakers while they are home. Members of Congress often use this month-long break to take note of what is […]
CAGJ’s 5th Teach Out! – Vashon Island!
Join CAGJ’s Teach Out! Saturday September 5th: Visit Vashon Island Farms and Farmer’s Market! Teach Out! Engaging the Local Food Cycle! – Fifth Event! SATURDAY, September 5th: All Day, with optional camping component *Space is limited and RSVP REQUIRED! RSVP to Teresa at fjp@cagj.org Our visit to Vashon Island will begin with a stop to […]
Mon 8/24 – PROTEST WHOLE FOODS CEO
TAKE ACTION – PROTEST WHOLE FOODS CEO MONDAY 8/24 – 10:30 AM – 1PM UFCW Local 21, CAGJ & others will be leafleting Whole Foods starting Monday to protest Whole Foods CEO John Mackey’s editorial (see link below) blasting current Health Care Reform efforts. There is a Boycott Whole Foods movement brewing nationally, and it […]
Join CAGJ’s Teach Out! Sat Aug 22: Visit Jubilee Farm & Local Roots Farm!
Teach Out! Engaging the Local Food Cycle! Fourth Event! Jubilee Farm & Local Roots in Carnation, WA Saturday, August 22nd 10AM – 4PM *Space is limited and RSVP REQUIRED! RSVP to Teresa at fjp@cagj.org Our visit to Carnation, WA will begin at Local Roots for a farm tour, and then continue down the road for […]
Vote First, Eat Later: a critique of film “Food, Inc.”
The Huffington Post July 10, 2009 Vote First, Eat Later (Click here for link to article) by Susanne Freidberg The new documentary “Food, Inc.” is the latest exposé of corporate food that aims to get us mad, disgusted, and running for the farmers’ market. Even viewers who already knew about the sorry state of our […]
U.S. Working Group on the Food Crisis Issues Statement to G8 Urging New Approach to Food Security
Calls on G8 to Reject More GMOs and Free Trade New York City/Washington D.C./Oakland – The U.S. Working Group on the Food Crisis today released an official statement urging the G8 to focus on sustainable agriculture practices as a solution to the global food crisis. The statement was issued in anticipation of the July 8-10 […]
NY Times article on Will Allen, of Growing Power
New York Times – July 5, 2009 Like others in the so-called good-food movement, Will Allen, who is 60, asserts that our industrial food system is depleting soil, poisoning water, gobbling fossil fuels and stuffing us with bad calories. Like others, he advocates eating locally grown food. But to Allen, local doesn’t mean a rolling […]
Farmers Markets Create Community Connections
From Colors NW Magazine Farmers Markets Create Community Connections by Nicole Kidder Throughout much of the world, village markets not only play a crucial role in economic development, but they are also the social center of daily life. Although they do not play as important of a role in much of the developed world, farmers […]
Farmworkers Seek to Intervene in Grower Lawsuit Against Secretary Solis
Written by Bruce Goldstein Tuesday, 09 June 2009 08:22 View full article here. A federal judge in Greensboro, NC, has set a hearing for Monday, June 22, to hear a coalition of growers’ organizations’ argument that Secretary of Solis acted illegally in temporarily suspending the Bush-Chao changes to the H-2A guestworker program. Farmworkers have filed […]