It's sad what's going on with the South Central Farm. If you haven't been following the story or have never heard of the South Central Farm this article that my friend Jacob wrote gives a brief overview. article
I went down there Tuesday after the farmers were evicted to see what was going on and I was met by a brigade of LAPD officers in riot gear. I eventually found a place where people had gathered accross the street from the farm and caught a glimpse of the struggle that the farmers and community members have been locked in for years.
The community has been farming here for over 10 years, growing food and running a foodbank that fed an estimated 350 families. When the farmers were forced out by the landowner (who bought it from the city for $5M unbeknownst to the farmers) the community organized and raised $16M to buy it back from the landowner who denied the offer because it came a few weeks after his deadline.
The farm has now been bulldozed and destroyed and plans are set to constuct a warehouse on the existing land. South Central remains as one of the poorest neighborhoods in LA with 1 in 4 children going hungry.
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Thats unfortunate,there seems to be this mentality that if we can do it then we should, no matter who or what is affected. And we can do whatever we want with our land as long as we have the money.
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