by Nada Khader | Jun 29, 2014 | Blogs, Communities & Focus Areas, Director's Blog, Environmental and Food Justice
Announcing the 2014 Encuentro: September 4-7; Immokalee, FL Summer is here and while Immokalee’s tomato growing season has come to a close, SFA is taking some time to dive deep into our own organizational growth and development. Boot the Braids has only just...
by Nada Khader | Apr 30, 2014 | Blogs, Communities & Focus Areas, Director's Blog, Environmental and Food Justice
Assembly David Buchwald’s support for legislation to require the labeling of genetically modified foods is a clear indication that he is listening to his constituents. Westchester residents deeply support having this basic information about our food and cannot...
by Nada Khader | Apr 21, 2014 | Blogs, Communities & Focus Areas, Director's Blog, Economic and Human Rights, Environmental and Food Justice
Join us at WESPAC on Monday, April 28th at 6pm for our monthly membership meeting as we invite CSA coordinators from our area to talk about the benefits of CSA membership. Hazon, Lineage Farms, Stonelege, Sweet Freedom Farm and the Wassaic Community Farm will all be...
by Nada Khader | Mar 11, 2014 | Blogs, Communities & Focus Areas, Director's Blog, Economic and Human Rights, Environmental and Food Justice
How Co-ops Helped Produce Foot Soldiers for Civil Rights Colorlines March 10, 2014 http://colorlines.com/archives/2014/03/how_co-ops_helped_produce_foot_soldiers_for_civil_rights.html How Co-ops Helped Produce Foot Soldiers for Civil Rights Jessica Gordon Nembhard...
by Nada Khader | Mar 11, 2014 | Blogs, Communities & Focus Areas, Director's Blog, Economic and Human Rights, Environmental and Food Justice, Movement Building
Dear worker co-op friends and allies, Thank you for your ongoing support of TESA. We know that you may have already received an outreach letter from TESA today, and we wanted to follow-up further with our close allies, both individuals and organizations. We are...
by Nada Khader | Feb 27, 2014 | Blogs, Communities & Focus Areas, Director's Blog, Environmental and Food Justice
http://truth-out.org/news/item/22002-the-march-of-anthropogenic-climate-disruption#.UwzKpdy71bM.email Dahr Jamail | The March of Anthropogenic Climate Disruption Monday, 24 February 2014 09:11 By Dahr Jamail, Truthout | News Analysis Last year marked the 37th...