Tag Archives: food justice

Book Event with Raj Patel “Our Food, Our Right: Recipes for Food Justice,” this Thursday, 11/8/12

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Book Event with Raj Patel "Our Food, Our Right: Recipes for Food Justice," this Thursday, 11/8/12
Please join Raj Patel and Heather Day (CAGJ) for an evening celebrating our emerging new food systems! Our Food Our Right: Recipes for Food Justice is a new publication of Community Alliance for Global Justice (CAGJ), a Seattle-based grassroots organization, with a foreword by Raj Patel (renowned author and food activist). Come to celebrate stories… Read more »

Halloween/Day of the Dead Celebration at the Farmers’ Market next Tuesday, 10/30/12

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Halloween/Day of the Dead Celebration at the Farmers' Market next Tuesday, 10/30/12
Our annual celebration will be better than ever at the South Berkeley market’s new location. This years line up includes live music by Asheba, Aztec dance by Cuauhtli Mitotiani Mexica, free all ages costumes with the East Bay Depot for Creative Reuse, and a Day of the Dead Altar. The altar has been organized by… Read more »

Youth Food Justice Leader Johnathan Hill Shares His Experience at Rooted in Community Conference

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Youth Food Justice Leader Johnathan Hill Shares His Experience at Rooted in Community Conference
Johnathan Hill, a site coordinator at the Ecology Center’s Farm Fresh Choice produce stands for over three years now, recently concluded his summer with an amazing experience: working on the formation of a youth-led, national movement advocating for food justice. Johnathan attended the Rooted in Community conference during the final week of July, and since… Read more »

Gill Tract in Albany Provides Fertile Ground for “Occupy the Farm”

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Gill Tract in Albany Provides Fertile Ground for "Occupy the Farm"
This last weekend, in one of the more lively Earth Day activities, a group of 300 people took over the Gill Tract in Albany, and promptly began preparing the land to farm 10,000 plant starts. With banners reading “Occupy the Farm: Take Back the Tract” and “Whole food not Whole Foods,” the organizers are evolving… Read more »

Food Justice: A Brown Bag Lunch Talk 5/9/11

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Food Justice: A Brown Bag Lunch Talk 5/9/11
Join us as the Center for Ecoliteracy, Ecology Center, and Berkeley Office of Energy and Sustainable Development host a brown bag lunch talk with Robert Gottlieb, co-author of Food Justice, and the Berkeley Food Policy Council Monday, May 9 at 12pm, at the Tamalpais Room of the David Brower Center: 2150 Allston Way, Berkeley.… Read more »