Death Of An Urban Farm
When authorities closed down the South Central garden in Los Angeles, the community lost more than an urban farm writes columnist Al Martinez.
"Bulldozers had already begun plowing under areas within the 14-acre plot that had once been rich in the agriculture of the people...What the small bulldozers...haven't plowed under, the intensity of the sun is slowly killing off. Padlocks on the gates, combined with private security, have prevented anyone from watering the plants, and it won't be long before they perish in the heat...There's something dying within the garden that no longer exists; something that was alive and vibrant and full of hope..."
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