Our Food, Our Right: Recipes for Food Justice - get your copy today!!

Hey all!

For the past year or so I've been working along with some really rad people with the Community Alliance for Global Justice (CAGJ) in Seattle on this project I'd like to share. I currently co-coordinate CAGJ's Food Justice Project and one of our projects for 2009 was to create and publish a community food justice guide that combined hands-on tools for working on food justice issues with recipes submitted by people in many different communities in Seattle and beyond.

After many months of hard work, the guide is finally done! It includes a lot of different information and articles and recipes submitted by people in CAGJ and the broader Seattle area.

Here is some information about it, please check it out! We also are discussing doing a second edition, and I would welcome any thoughts or ideas about topics to include or about the guide in general. Email me your ideas or comments at rodriguezme08 [at] gmail.com. We also can always use help in getting the guide out there and available in new locations, or help in planning for a second edition!

Our Food, Our Right: Recipes for Food Justice is a new CAGJ Food Justice Project publication (72 pages) that combines hands-on tools for change with community recipes and political awareness to engage YOU in joining in the struggle for food justice! Our Food, Our Right promotes community knowledge sharing, self-sufficiency, accessibility, and food justice through a food sovereignty framework.

Our Food, Our Right takes you on a journey through many of the current food system’s failures, and showcases creative solutions that communities are designing to regain control over their food, and the health of their bodies and neighborhoods. This guide has the tools you need to take back your food choices and stand up for all people’s right to good, healthy, and culturally appropriate food!

Topics include:

• Composting and container gardening
• Effects of NAFTA and the WTO on farmers and food
• Basics of food preservation: canning, pickling, freezing, and drying
• Stories of Change: Food Justice Around the World
• Farmworker Organizing in Washington State
• CSA’s, farmers’ markets, and community kitchens
• Local community resources for getting involved in strengthening local food economies, everywhere!

…..and MUCH more! Also features illustrations and design by local artists!

How much does it cost?

In an effort to make this guide as accessible as possible, we are offering Our Food, Our Right for $5 – $20, sliding scale donation! Bulk discount: Buy 5 for $50!

The guide is valued at $15; if you are able to pay $20 or more, you help us subsidize 100 or more free copies that will be distributed to local food justice organizations serving disadvantaged communities, as well as food banks, shelters, and community centers.

 How can you get Our Food, Our Right?

• Click here to order online!
• Visit at the CAGJ office to purchase your copy! 606 Maynard Ave. S. #252, 98104 in the International District of Seattle
• It is also available at Left Bank Books Downtown and Bull Dog News in the U-District!

Questions?

For more information about Our Food, Our Right, email fjp@seattleglobaljustice.org or call (206) 405-4600