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    City Of Toronto Workers Destroy Free Community Food Garden

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    Post  Jenetta Mon Oct 01, 2012 2:50 am

    http://toronto.mediacoop.ca/newsrelease/13169+

    City of Toronto Workers Destroy Free Community Food Garden Amid Growing Food Crisis


    Occupy Gardens plants in Queens Park destroyed without harvesting food


    by Jacob Kearey-Moreland



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    An Occupy Gardens supporter was passing by Queens Park on her way to work when she saw workers taking down the gardens. She took these photos.
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    Occupy Gardens was going to harvest the food tomorrow for their "Autumn Jam: A Harvest Party"
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    The Harvest Party will still happen tomorrow, but the harvest has been destroyed.
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    The Garden was planted on May 1st during North America-wide Occupy Protests
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    City of Toronto Workers Destroy Free Community Food Garden Amid Growing Food Crisis




    Toronto, Friday Sept 28th, 10am

    Amid a growing food crisis, this morning workers from the City of Toronto were ordered by City of Toronto

    Parks Director Richard Ubbens to remove all live plants and food from the People's Peas Garden in Queens Park. They were ordered to take the plants and food to the dump and lay sod overtop of this most beautiful free community food garden, without warning, without a chance to remove the rare heirloom plant species or harvest the food.
    The garden was planted by Occupy Gardens and allies on May 1st, in defense of local and global food security. While the garden has been growing undisturbed for nearly 5 months, with the help of hundreds in the community, the city deliberately decided to have it removed upon the eve of the Autumn Jam: A Harvest Party and celebration of sharing, community and free local food, which is happening tomorrow from 12-6pm at the garden in Queens Park (northwest section).

    The reason? The people did not have permission to grow free food on public land. I come from a city and country where one does not need permission to do the right thing. We are experiencing a "glocal" food crisis, where more and more people are lining up at food banks for kraft dinner and peanut butter, waiting lists for community gardens are growing, food prices rising, and our leaders are nowhere to be seen. Rather they are hiding behind their desk ordering the workers to destroy whatever hope we have left.

    More at link: http://toronto.mediacoop.ca/newsrelease/13169

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    Post  Arrowwind Mon Oct 01, 2012 8:59 pm

    .Im so sorry.
    Those bastards!
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    Post  Carol Mon Oct 01, 2012 10:39 pm

    This is what happens when those with impaired judgement are put into positions of power. And it is for this reason I keep advocating the removal of all incumbents at each election. People who get into positions of power will often abuse that power if left in office and re-elected.

    Of course with city officials this may be another situation of abuse which would need to be addressed by the citizens of the area. Personally I think scathing letters to officials and newspapers is a good method to voice concerns over myopic abuse of those in power who make these types of stupid decisions.


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    Post  Jenetta Mon Oct 01, 2012 10:54 pm

    They didn't even have the brains to give it all to the Food Bank if they wanted to get rid of it right away!

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    Post  Carol Mon Oct 01, 2012 10:57 pm

    This type of idiocy is also happening in the US. It makes me ill. Just goes to show how enslaved the general public really is because FREEDOM would not allow this type of crap to go on.


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