Cultivating Just Alternatives to the Corporate Food System

December 6, 2008

Where? 

Seattle Central Community College - Science and Mathematics Building

1701 Broadway Seattle 98122 (just North of main building)

What time? 

9 am - 5:30 pm

For more information, contact 

For more details and program updates: http://www.seattleglobaljustice.org/

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Organized by Community Alliance for Global Justice in partnership with City of Seattle Department of Neighborhoods, Central Co-op's Madison Market and Seattle Central Community College's SAGE Program (Sustainable Agriculture Education)

Co-sponsored by BALLE Seattle, Cascade Harvest Coalition, Community to Community Development, EcoPraxis, Equal Exchange, Jubilee Farm, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, Lettuce Link, a Program of Solid Ground, Mangrove Action Project, Neighborhood Farmers Market Alliance, New Roots Organics, Seattle Tilth and Master Composter/Soil Builder Program, Seattle Youth Garden Works, United Food and Commercial Workers Local 21, WA Fair Trade Coalition

The Teach-In is free and open to the public. Child-care provided (please let us know in advance - call 206.405.4600). For more details and program updates: http://www.seattleglobaljustice.org/. We welcome your involvement in organizing the Teach-in! Please contact Teresa at fjp@seattleglobaljustice.org or call CAGJ: 206.405.4600.

SCHEDULE

Opening 9AM

Morning Session 10:15am-11:45pm

Lunch 11:45pm-1:00pm

Afternoon Session I - 1:00-2:30pm

Afternoon Session II - 2:45-4:15

Closing Session 4:30pm-5:30pm “Building a Radical Food Politics and Ensuring Food Sovereignty for All”

PROGRAM & CONFIRMED SPEAKERS

Morning Session I

10:15 – 11:45

• Film Screening: The new documentary about Pacific Northwest farmers, “GOOD FOOD”, will be shown with the film makers, Melissa Young and Mark Dworkin, in attendance!

• How to Access Food Without Paying for It – One Person’s Trash is…

Ashley Fent, CAGJ- Facilitatior; Dave Giles, Food not Bombs; Benji Rouse, Seattle DIY Collective

• The Potentials of Urban Agriculture and Growing the Next Generation

Elizabeth Wheat, UW – Facilitator; Lisa Taylor, Seattle Tilth; Colin Anderson, Seattle Youth Garden Works; Sandy Peterson, Urban Land Army

• What Makes Local Just?

Sage Van Wing, CAGJ , BALLE and Locavores, Facilitator; Viki Sonntag, EcoPraxis; Laura Niemi, Garden Program Manager, Seattle Tilth; AJ Hess, Madison Market, Tammy Morales, Acting Food Policy Council

• How Trade Agreements Impact What We Eat

Masha Burina, CAGJ – Facilitator; Cameron Herrington, CISPES; Carlos Marentes, Comite, Via Campesina; Marina Skumanich, WA Fair Trade Coalition

• Toward an Anti-Oppressive Food Politics

Bill Aal, CAGJ and Tools for Change - Facilitator; Lottie Cross, Black Dollar Days Task Force; Kelly Horton, Lifelong AIDS Alliance/ Chicken Soup Brigade

Lunch, Organizational Info-Sharing & Seed Exchange

11:45pm-1:00pm

Afternoon Session I

1:00 – 2:30

• How to Grow your Own Food in an Apartment and Feed Your Worms Too

Mike Pierce- Facilitator; Carey Thornton, Seattle Tilth; Katie Pencke, Seattle Tilth

• Local Hunger, Food Security, and Access to Food

Sue Gibbs, Sustainable South Seattle - Facilitator ; Teresa Mares, UW and CAGJ; Michelle Bates Benetua, Solid Ground/Lettuce Link; Branden Born, UW and Acting Food Policy Council

• Panel of Local Farmers

Gabrielle Roesch, CAGJ - Facilitator

• Challenging AGRA - the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa

CAGJ AGRA Watch representative; Carol Thompson, Northern Arizona University

• Worker Rights in the Food Economy

Magie Ramirez, UW- Facilitator; Representatives of UFCW Local 21, UNITE HERE Local 8, and Madison Market

Afternoon Session II

2:45 – 4:15

• How to Share in the Food System — Buying and Cooking Cooperatively

Noam Gundle, Wedgewood Co-op – Facilitator, Eden Trenor, Wedgewood Co-op; Scott Behme, The Community Food pantry; Madison Market representative

• Choosing Sustainable Seafood and Meat — To Veg or not to Veg?

Caitlin Henry, CAGJ- Facilitator; Pete Knutson, Loki Fish; Alfredo Quarto, Mangrove Action Project

• Farmworker Victories and Organizing in WA State

Clayton Burrows, Growing Washington; Stephanie Adler, Student Farmworker Alliance

• The Challenge of Improving the Farm Bill — Looking Forward to 2012

Andrea Hermanson, CAGJ –Facilitator; Kelly Horton, Lifelong AIDS Alliance/Chicken Soup Brigade; Kevin Fullerton, Institute for WA Future

• The Dangers of Corporate Control, GMOs, and Genetic Engineering

Gabrielle Roesch, CAGJ – Facilitator, Mark Des Marets, NW Rage; Carol Thompson, Northern Arizona University

Closing Session

4:30pm-5:30pm

“Building a Radical Food Politics and Ensuring Food Sovereignty for All”