Teach-Out Work Party 10 am-2pm, Celebration at Pratt Park 3-6 pm! CAGJ is partnering with Seattle Youth Garden Works for our May Teach-Out as part of the 2nd annual County-wide garden-build, Spring Into Bed! Seattle Youth Garden Works, now housed at Seattle Tilth, empowers homeless and underserved youth through garden-based education and employment. At Seattle […]
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Save USDA Conservation Programs – Act Now!
Please Act on this Alert from the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition. Save USDA Conservation Programs – Act Now! Protect the Water You Drink, Water You Need – Make a Call Washington Congressman Norm Dicks sits on the House subcommittee that decides agriculture funding levels. It’s important that you let him know you oppose cuts to farm […]
Sunday May 1 is May Day: March with CAGJ!
March for Immigrant Rights! We’re All Workers! Washington-Arizona-Wisconsin: The Same Struggle! 12:30 – Meet at corner of 20th & Jackson! March leaves from St. Mary’s Church at 1pm. Call Heather at 206-724-2243 if you can’t find contingent. 1:00: March with the CAGJ banner to Memorial Stadium (401 5th Ave. Seattle, WA 98109). Help make this […]
Build the Movement and Take Action for a Fair Farm Bill!
From Food and Water Watch: We’re Going to Have to Get Our Hands Dirty to Create a Better Food System! You can help build the momentum for fair food by signing the Fair Farm Bill Vision! This weekend hundreds of people will be involved in their local communities as part of our national day of […]
Bill Gates & the Future of GMO Agriculture
The move by Monsanto and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to forcibly introduce GMO agriculture into Africa in the name of food security has profound implications for malnutrition and hunger, the future of Africa, and ecological resilience everywhere. I have been curious about the mindset, the thinking behind this radical endorsement of an inherently […]
SUN April 24: Teach-Out with Cascadian Edible Landscapes
Teach-Out: Engaging our Local Food Cycle! LEARN ABOUT AND WORK WITH AN INNOVATIVE URBAN GARDENING BUSINESS Coordinated by the Food Justice Project of the Community Alliance for Global Justice Sunday, April 24 11:00-3:00 Cascadian Edible Landscapes, whose motto is “Eat Your Yard” exists to transition our yards and blocks into edible gardens, landscapes, and neighborhood […]
Cut Spending – But Not My Farm Subsidies!
We don’t have a firm count of how many farmers are serving in the current Congress, but we do know, based on a recent analysis of the Environmental Working Group’s Farm Subsidy Database, that 23 of them, or their family members, signed up for taxpayer-funded farm subsidy payments between 1995 and 2009. This would be […]
Take Action: Email to Prevent Critical Cuts to the Farm Bill!!
BREAKING: A Budget deal reached as soon as Monday will shape the future of conservation programs and credit for beginning and minority farmers into the next decade! This is a critical moment. The White House and House Republican leadership are negotiating a budget deal that would effectively rewrite the next Farm Bill now by taking […]
April 2 Event: “We Are the Solution!” African Women Speak Out on Grassroots Solutions to Hunger and Poverty
FREE EVENT, 6:30 – 8:30 PM: AGRA Watch presents Fatou Batta, Groundswell International Co-coordinator for West Africa and member of the Strategic Steering Committee of the We Are the Solution! Campaign Location: University Friends Meeting, 4001 9th Ave NE, Seattle 98105, link to map here Please join us for an exciting evening with Fatou Batta […]
Advocating for African Farmers
Interview with AGRA Watch Co-chair Janae Choquette! Paul K. Haeder / Down to Earth NW Correspondent For Janae Choquette, it’s a no-brainer to support small-scale agriculture because solutions are local-based and then set into motion through local experts. She’s co-chair of AGRA Watch, a program organized by Seattle’s Community Alliance for Global Justice, which is […]