You came to our teach-in last December….Now, come to our: Teach Out! Engaging our Local Food Cycle AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN ABOUT AND WORK FOR A LOCAL GARDEN Coordinated by the Food Justice Project of the Community Alliance for Global Justice   Second Event! UmojaFest Peace Center and the Danny Woo Garden Saturday, June 27th, 10:00am-5:00pm […]

A message from Lettuce Link, a program of Solid Ground: Greetings Fruit Tree Harvest Tree Donors!   As the plums are quickly ripening, it’s time to get organized for Lettuce Link’s fruit tree harvest project for 2009!    The Community Fruit Tree Harvest, a project of Lettuce Link at Solid Ground, connects Seattle residents who have extra […]

Teach Out! Engaging the Local Food Cycle The first event in our “Teach Out!” series of farm and food site visits was a great success!  With the help of 40 CAGJ volunteers, we planted summer crops that are headed to the Providence Regina Food Bank, cleaned up the open spaces of the Lettuce Link garden […]

Media Contact: Keren Brown Keren Brown Media (425) 614-8399 kerenlovestocook@gmail.com   For Immediate Release:           “Foodportunity” To Connect Seattle’s Vibrant Food Community   Seattle, June 8, 2009:  The inaugural “Foodportunity,” a networking event for Seattle food professionals, will take place July 22, 2009, from 6-9 pm at Palace Ballroom in downtown Seattle.   Tom Douglas, […]

For more information about Resolution 31019 see: http://www.seattle.gov/council/conlin/ Or contact: Council President Richard Conlin at Richard.Conlin@seattle.gov or Phyllis Shulman at Phyllis.Shulman@seatt.egov (206) 684-8805 To view the full pdf, click here. The Local Food Action Initiative is a series of actions meant to promote local and regional food sustainability and security. The intent is to improve […]

From: El Comité Pro-Reforma Migratoria y Justicia Social [Please forward to your family, friends and allies!] Dear Friend:   We have some big news.   This week, hundreds of allied organizations launched the campaign to Reform Immigration FOR America in cities all throughout the country-from Los Angeles to Atlanta, Miami to Seattle.  Yesterday, a broad coalition […]

News from Tilth Producers of Washington: Please contact Washington State University President Elson Floyd, Provost Warwick Bayly and Dean Daniel Bernardo by May 29th about the proposed elimination of the Department of Community Studies and Rural Sociology (CRS). The Washington State Association of Organic and Sustainable Agricultural Producers May 29,  2009                                                               Dear President Elson Floyd, Provost […]