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Putting Down Roots
Ousted L.A. gardeners continue to farm |
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28 Apr 2008 |
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| Posted at 3:17 PM on 28 Apr 2008 In June 2006, a land dispute led to the shutdown of the South Central Community Garden in Los Angeles. Weeks of protest and tree-sitting by celebrities and regular folk proved unfruitful, and the 14-acre garden, tended by 350 low-income families in the middle of one of L.A.'s poorest neighborhoods, was bulldozed. Nearly two years later, with legal wrangling over the land's ownership ongoing, the gardeners ... |
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| Topics: agriculture, California, food, gardening, Los Angeles, news, placemaking, sustainable ag (all these topics) |
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