Monday, May 14, 2012

U.C. Police Evict "Occupy the Farm"

University of California police from eight different campuses today converged on a small plot of agricultural research land owned by UC Berkeley. They came to eject occupy protesters who had begun farming a portion of that land – it is a protest against the university’s plans to develop it, and a push to preserve space for sustainable urban farming. Brian Edwards-Tiekert has the story: