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Gill Tract's First Community Farm Day — April 26, 2014: photos
After years of struggle with the University of California by numerous groups who pushed for the right of the community to farm at the Gill Tract — culminating with occupations by East Bay food sovereignty activists in 2012 and 2013 that ended with multiple arrests, a lawsuit against occupiers, the razing of crops, and simply forcing farmers off of the land — a new coalition of community members, UC Berkeley students, academics and staff have won permission to farm on one and a half acres of the Gill Tract into the indefinite future. On April 26, the gates to the farm swung open to the general public for the first Community Farm Day.
[Pictured: "Open Field Day" banner hangs at the Jackson Street entrance to the Gill Tract]
In 2012, occupiers were able to pull numerous harvests worth of vegetables from the Gill Tract, even after the Occupy the Farm encampment was forced off of the land, but now the new coalition is ready to make its first official community harvest without the fear of police reprisal. A party and barbeque are planned for Sunday, June 1 from 10am-4pm.
Open hours for the farm are Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3:30-7:30pm and Sundays from 10:00am-4:00pm. Anyone interested in urban farming is welcome to come by and help.
Gill Tract Community Farm: A farm for the people
http://gilltractfarm.wordpress.com/
For more information on the first Community Farm Day and Occupy the Farm history:
In 2012, occupiers were able to pull numerous harvests worth of vegetables from the Gill Tract, even after the Occupy the Farm encampment was forced off of the land, but now the new coalition is ready to make its first official community harvest without the fear of police reprisal. A party and barbeque are planned for Sunday, June 1 from 10am-4pm.
Open hours for the farm are Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3:30-7:30pm and Sundays from 10:00am-4:00pm. Anyone interested in urban farming is welcome to come by and help.
Gill Tract Community Farm: A farm for the people
http://gilltractfarm.wordpress.com/
For more information on the first Community Farm Day and Occupy the Farm history:
For more information:
https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2014/04/...
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