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Members of Occupy The Farm joined a rally held yesterday in support of maintaining the Gill Tract in the City of Albany as a community farm. Photos by Luke Thomas.<\/p><\/div>\n

By Luke Thomas<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

May 11, 2012<\/p>\n

Without food, we cannot survive and without local farms to grow and supply food in a post-peak oil world, the costs associated with traditional long-distance, oil-reliant food production will continue to soar and become unsustainable.<\/p>\n

At the heart of the dispute over the Gill Tract, a 10-acre plot of Class-1 agricultural soil in Albany owned by UC Berkeley and currently being occupied by as many as two-dozen farmers, is a grassroots movement to ensure local food sovereignty, sustainability and security.<\/p>\n

Since its occupation on Earth Day (April 22), the Gill Tract farmers<\/a> have tilled the soil, planted seedlings and are growing fruits, vegetables and nuts.\u00a0 The farmers have also installed a beehive, a chicken coop, a spiral herb garden and a permaculture garden.<\/p>\n

The land was previously being used, UC Berkeley maintains, for agricultural research but has been actively parceling off sections of the surrounding land for development and has prevented its own researchers from using the land.\u00a0 The occupying farmers fear UC Berkeley, facing budget cuts, intends to sell the entire tract for uses other than agricultural research or food production.<\/p>\n

Negotiations with UC Berkeley over possible shared use of the land has resulted in UC Berkeley filing a lawsuit against the farmers, turning off the hydration system and installing campus police officers to prevent access to the farm.\u00a0 In response, OccupyTheFarm organized a protest rally yesterday afternoon drawing as many as 150 residents and supporters waving signs and holding banners as passers by honked horns in support of the farm.\u00a0 The farmers remain camped on the tract and refuse to leave.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s time for UC Berkeley to be on the right side of history and to get on the side of the people and healthy sustainable food for the people and not always line up on the side of greed and development and money,\u201d said Ayr, an OccupyTheFarm farmer and spokesperson. \u201cObviously the more self-sufficient we are the better of we\u2019re going to be long term.\u00a0 It doesn\u2019t take a science expert or a Tea Party radical to figure out that the systems we have in place are not going to be forever and the more that we\u2019re self-sufficient the better.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s very important that we democratize food production,\u201d added UC Berkeley student Evelyn Hammid, 21.\u00a0 \u201cRight now our food system is in the hands of a very small number of large corporations and we\u2019re not growing enough diversity of crops in the US – and it\u2019s really important that everyone learns how to farm.\u00a0 We need healthier, locally produced food because as oil prices continue to rise the cost of producing and transporting food grown 1500 miles away will become unaffordable and unsustainable.\u201d<\/p>\n

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UC Berkeley student Evelyn Hammid held a sign that read, "Lettuce farm. Don't beet us down."<\/p><\/div>\n

Today, UC Berkeley issued a statement signed by\u00a0Executive Vice Chancellor George Breslauer and Vice Chancellor John Wilton stating a planning meeting with City of Albany officials, UC Berkeley faculty members and students, has been set for Saturday to “tackle the details of how the Gill Tract will be shared by our researchers and urban agriculture, and how the effort will be supported, coordinated and sustained under the university\u2019s supervision.”<\/p>\n

Two seats have been reserved for members of OccupyTheFarm on condition the farmers by 10am tomorrow, \u201cpack up the encampment, leave our property and join a discussion that will advance one of their key goals.”<\/p>\n

More Photos<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Bay Area residents and activists held signs outside the entrance to the Gill Tract in Albany yesterday to protest actions by UC Berkeley against the community farm.<\/p><\/div>\n

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OccupyTheFarm farmers thanked the rally participants for their support, many of whom brought food, water and other essentials to help sustain the farm.<\/p><\/div>\n

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A rally participant prepared signage for the protest.<\/p><\/div>\n

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OccupyTheFarm protesters marched around the Gill Tract following a 5pm rally.<\/p><\/div>\n

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A banner draped on the fence surrounding the Gill Tract read, "Farmland is for community. Farmland is for farming."<\/p><\/div>\n

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UC Berkeley installed several campus police officers to block access to the farm.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Members of OccupyTheFarm work the fields as the sun sets on the Gill Tract.<\/p><\/div>\n

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"Free the land."<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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