UC Berkeley plans to use words instead of police power to
remove about 50 Occupy members who started farming a plot of university land in
Albany called the Gill Tract, a spokesman said Tuesday. There's dialogue going
on and discussion going on so we can bring it to a peaceful conclusion,"
said UC Berkeley spokesman Dan Mogulof. "Discussion may lead to a better
outcome." The land near San Pablo Avenue and Buchanan Street currently is
used for agricultural research, he said. A separate parcel of land just south
of where the Occupy farmers set up Sunday is slated for commercial development,
including a Whole Foods and a seniors housing complex. Mogulof said UC Berkeley
police are administering daily admonishments to the group about trespassing,
but the university has not issued a deadline for them to leave. Gopal Dayaneni,
a member of Occupy the Farm to Take Back the Gill Tract, said the university
cut off water to the area, so the farmers are bringing in their own and
hand-watering 15,000 seedlings they planted to grow beans, chard, squash, broccoli
and other items…
Full article at http://www.insidebayarea.com/oaklandtribune/localnews/ci_20481207/uc-berkeley-taking-hands-off-approach-new-occupy
We'll see how this turns out. Meanwhile, food for thought:
We'll see how this turns out. Meanwhile, food for thought:
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