From the press release:
Zach de la Rocha, Members of Ozomatli, Quetzal and others join 350 families in South L.A. to defend community farm.
Concert to save the community farm @ 41st & Alameda.Tuesday, November 22nd event will mobilize the community in Support of the South Central Farmers
Who:South Central Farmers
What: Concert at the Farm
When: Tuesday, Nov. 22nd , 8:30 p.m.
Where: 41st St. and Long Beach Ave.
For 13 years, 350 families have tended a 14-acre community farm in the middle of South L.A.’s gritty industrial belt. Growing their own cabbage, potatoes, tomatoes and other staples has helped make good nutrition affordable. Traditional crops like chipillin, alachi, quelite and pipicha have helped keep traditional cuisine and folk-medicine alive.
The City of L.A. acquired the land in the late 1980s, but abandoned plans to build a trash incinerator after community protests. In 1994, officials transferred title to the Harbor Department, which contracted with the L.A. Regional Food Bank to operate a community farm on the property. In 2003, the City Council agreed to sell the 14 acres back to the original owner, private developer Ralph Horowitz, who wants to demolish the garden and build a warehouse.
The 350 families – organized as South Central Farmers – have camped out in the field for weeks to prevent Horowitz from grabbing the land.