I am sharing this article here because it is related to the past research several youth ( carried out regarding Environmental Justice in Washington State. The author, Helen Reddout, helped OAG and the youth researchers understand the environmental injustice being committed in the Yakima Valley by the Dairy industry – and CAFOs in particular (Concentrated [...]
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Cinema Politica Seattle
Event Title & Host Cinema Politica Seattle Website http://www.cinemapolitica.org/screening/seattle/dive-living-americas-waste When? Wednesday May 2nd at 6pm Where? The Vera Project, Seattle Center Why? Check out a growing community of folks interested in documentary films and connecting art with action Description Hello Seattle! Welcome to the Cinema Politica Community. Thanks to those of you who made it [...]
Food Deserts Are a Problem: Here Are a Few Solutions
The New York Times recently published a piece questioning the link between obesity and healthy food access. The main thrust of the article was to debunk the notion that there are neighborhoods in the United States that have little access to healthy food–and this limited access negatively impacts community health. These areas are commonly referred [...]
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Food Traceability is Reaching Consumers
The topic of food safety hits the national airways every time there’s a major product recall or an unsafe practice is revealed. Recently, it’s “pink slime” that’s the hot food subject right now. Every time these stories hit the national media, I’m reminded of something: consumers don’t know enough about where their food comes from [...]
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Black Coffee’s 1st Public Meeting / Dinner
Event Title & Host Black Coffee’s 1st Public Meeting / Dinner Website http://blackcoffeecoop.com When? Monday, 3/5, 6-8 pm Where? 933 23rd Ave So., Central District of Seattle Why? get this party started Description If you are interested in becoming a partner in Black Coffee before it opens, this meeting is the place for you.We also [...]
U.S. Food Distribution is Headed Toward a Regional Approach
I’ve been covering the food distribution market over at Software Advice for the last year, and one thing that’s perplexed me is the insistance of U.S. food distributors to stick to a centralized approach to distribution. While a centralized approach to food distribution does offer economies of scale, it has negative impacts on the quality [...]
Secret Sushi Cafe & Poetry Slam, at the Wildcat
Event Title & Host Secret Sushi Cafe & Poetry Slam, at the Wildcat Website https://www.facebook.com/events/206837239413839/ When? Saturday 2/11/12 Where? The Wildcat, 23rd and Union Why? Sushi, Slams, & Solidarity are all beautiful things. Description Welcome to our yummy SECRET SUSHI CAFE and POETRY SLAM! on Saturday at the Wildcat! Requested donations: $7-$10 A group of [...]
New Project: Black Coffee Workers Cooperative
Black Coffee is a worker’s cooperative recently formed with the intention to create a café space & infoshop in Seattle. We are still in the initial organizing stages. Black Coffee Coop is committed to a non-hierarchical structure of work & a not-for-profit model of commerce. All members of the Black Coffee Cooperative will have equivalent [...]
Call for Researchers: Food & Labor Justice
Food justice and the food justice movement invoke in the popular imagination such concepts as fair trade, organic, and urban agriculture. The movement is sometimes perceived as a privileged environmental struggle. Yet food justice, as all of us who are passionate about it know, is inherently about social justice; this is inextricable from its ecological [...]
