Farmin' in South Central
[Last night PBS-KVIE aired a "stirring" Independent Lens documentary called The Real Dirt on Farmer John ; think we don't need our farms] Los Angeles - 15 Jun 2006 Los Angeles Police Forcibly Evict and Bulldoze the South Central Farm Despite widespread popular resistance, including years of struggle against the city and developers on the part of farmers, a three-week old occupation and treesit, a successful effort to raise millions of dollars in order to try to buy the land on which the farm stood - a bid which was ultimately rejected, and a day full of nonviolent civil disobedience including lockdowns and blockades, the largest urban farm in the United States was evicted on the morning of June 13th. The farm, which had been started on property taken from developers under eminent domain laws after the 1992 popular uprising following the videotaped police beating of Rodney King, and which provided healthy food for over three hundred and fifty families as well as