On 22 April 2012, Occupy the Farm celebrated Earth Day by marching to Gill Tract Farm and taking possession of 3.5 acres of land, perhaps the last premium farm land of its kind in the Bay Area. About 150 joined together to clear land, till the soil and plant food for the people. This peaceful protest is still going, even as the University of California and the police threaten it [...]
Photos and reporting by Daniel Tiger This afternoon at 3 p.m., nearly 300 Albany residents entered a piece of property owned by the University of California called the Gill Tract, and took it over as a renegade urban farm. The protesters there are planning to remain at the property, and request donations of tents and other supplies to build their encampment. The plot of land, at the corner of Buchanan [...]
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