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Oakland Ag Policy 101
The Oakland Climate Action Coalition’s Food/Urban Ag Subcommittee and the Oakland Food Policy Council are offering a workshop/info session on local urban agriculture policy. The Oakland Food Policy Council is a project of Food First.
Oakland has been a leader in the urban farming movement and this session will bring you up to speed on the changing policies and provide advice from fellow urban farmers who have firsthand experience dealing with the legal aspect of it all.
Police-Occupy Stand Off at the Gill Tract Farmland in SF Bay Area
By Jeff Conant, AlterNet, May 11, 2012
Read the original on AlterNet.
Albany CA – When University of California Police arrived at the Occupied Gill Tract yesterday morning at 6 a.m. and began barricading the gates, with some two dozen members of the Gill Tract Farmers Collective inside, word spread quickly that Occupy the Farm was being raided.
How did the Farmers react?
By planting tomatoes.
Food Rebellions workshop at the Gill Tract Farm, Saturday, May 12, 2012
Food First's executive director, Eric Holt-Giménez and former policy director, Annie Shattuck leading a workshop at the Gill Tract Farm.
Tomato Justice: Standing Up to an Agricultural Industry That Crushes Its Workers
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In Immokalee, FL, women are sexually harassed, workers are cheated out of their earnings, and they have to pick 2 1/2 tons per day to make minimum wage. Read this startling report and join the campaign for fair wages for farm workers.
Read more about The Coalition of Immokalee Workers.
3rd Week Anniversary of the Gill Tract Farm - Come Celebrate Mother's Day Weekend
SUPPORT THE GILL TRACT AGAINST UC POLICE THREATS AND 14 NEW LAWSUITS
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THIS WEEKEND IS A CRITICAL MOMENT
COME READY TO WORK AND ENVISION
SAT. 5PM
VISIONING MEETING FOR THE FUTURE OF THE FARM (CO-SPONSORED BY PHAT BEETS, PLANTING JUSTICE and ALBANY FARM ALLIANCE)
SUN. 1-3PM: COLORFUL MAMA’S OF THE 99%
MOTHERS DAY BRUNCH AND CHILDREN’S MARCH
ALL WEEKEND: LIVE MUSIC • FARM WORK •
SOIL REMEDIATION • WORKSHOPS • KIDS FUN
Workshops include:
SATURDAY
11-1PM Bio Remediation (Ralph)
• 1-3PM Bike Workshop (Jose and Others)
• 1 PM Historical Lessons: The South Central Farm in LA (Alex Tarr and Meleiza Figueroa)
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Events Calendar
- 05/02/2012 - 10:00am - 12:00pm
- 05/06/2012 - 12:00pm - 4:00pm
- 05/14/2012 (All day) - 05/20/2012 (All day)
- 05/16/2012 - 10:00am - 12:00pm
- 05/18/2012 (All day) - 05/19/2012 (All day)
- 05/18/2012 - 4:30pm - 05/19/2012 - 4:00pm
- 05/23/2012 - 2:00pm - 4:00pm
- 05/29/2012 - 6:00pm - 8:00pm